Where does “graafwesp” come from?

graafwesp (Dutch) comes from Dutch wesp, from Modern Dutch wespe, from Middle Dutch wespe, from Old Dutch wespa, from Proto-West Germanic wapsu, from Proto-Germanic wepsō-, from Proto-Indo-European wobʰséh₂, from Proto-Indo-European webʰ- — to weave, braid.

graafwesp (Dutch): a digger wasp, solitary, predatory wasp of the families Sphecidae or Crabronidae, that digs its nest in the soil

Definitions

  1. a digger wasp, solitary, predatory wasp of the families Sphecidae or Crabronidae, that digs its nest in the soil

Ancestry of “graafwesp”, step by step

graafwesp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch wesp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchwespwasp, used certain members of the order...
2Modern Dutchwespe—
3Middle Dutchwespe—
4Old Dutchwespa—
5Proto-West Germanicwapsuwasp
6Proto-Germanicwepsō-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwobʰséh₂wasp
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwebʰ-to weave, braid

via Dutch graven

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchgravenTo dig physically; To search for information
2Middle DutchgrāvenTo dig
3Old Dutchgravanto dig
4Proto-West Germanicgrabanto dig; to engrave
5Proto-Germanicgrabanąto dig; to engrave, scratch
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European webʰ- →