vespa
Latin
noun
Definitions
- wasp
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Italic *wospā, *wopsā inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wops-éh₂.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wops-éh₂
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- vespiary English
- wasp English
- *vespis Latin
- vespam Latin
- vespārium Latin
- vespa Italian
- vespaio Italian
- vespeto Italian
- vespiere Italian
- guêpe French
- avispa Spanish, Castilian
- vespa Spanish, Castilian
- *Heu- Proto-Indo-European
- *webʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *wobʰseh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *wobʰséh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *wops-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- vespa Portuguese
- *wapsō Proto-Germanic
- *wepsō- Proto-Germanic
- kvefs Norwegian Nynorsk
- wæps Old English
- wæsp Old English
- hveps Danish
- hvepsetalje Danish
- *osa Proto-Slavic
- guespe Old French
- vespe Old French
- wespe Old French
- vespa Serbo-Croatian
- vespa Catalan, Valencian
- avespa Galician
- viespar Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- viespe Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- wefsa Old High German
- *lapsa Latvian
- lapsene Latvian
- vespo Ido
- vêpre Norman
- guespe Middle French
- vespa Old Portuguese
- wespe Middle Low German
- wespa Old Saxon
- yeaspi Aromanian
- yispar Aromanian
- vèspa Occitan
- *wopsā Proto-Italic
- *wospā Proto-Italic
- aviespa Asturian
- gjespe Friulian
- *wespa Frankish
- vespa Old Occitan
- *waps Old Frisian
- biespa Old Spanish
- vespa Sicilian
- wesse Walloon
- gueîpe Bourguignon
- wobse Old Prussian
- vépre Franc-Comtois