Where does “vespo” come from?

vespo (Esperanto) comes from English WASP, from Middle English wasp, from Old English wæps, from Proto-West Germanic wapsu, from Proto-Germanic wepsō-, from Proto-Indo-European wobʰséh₂, from Proto-Indo-European webʰ- — to weave, braid.

vespo (Esperanto): wasp

Definitions

  1. wasp

Ancestry of “vespo”, step by step

vespo traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English WASP

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishWASPA member of the dominant American upper-class...
2Middle Englishwaspwasp
3Old Englishwæpsa wasp
4Proto-West Germanicwapsuwasp
5Proto-Germanicwepsō-
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwobʰséh₂wasp
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwebʰ-to weave, braid

via German Wespe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWespewasp
2Middle High Germanwefse
3Old High Germanwefsawasp
4Proto-Germanicwapsōwasp

via Latin vespa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvespawasp

Words derived from “vespo

Every word from Proto-Indo-European webʰ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European wobʰséh₂Every word from Proto-Germanic wepsō-