Where does “vespo” come from?

vespo (Ido) comes from Esperanto vespo, 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 (Ido): wasp

Definitions

  1. wasp

Ancestry of “vespo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantovespowasp
2EnglishWASPA member of the dominant American upper-class...
3Middle Englishwaspwasp
4Old Englishwæpsa wasp
5Proto-West Germanicwapsuwasp
6Proto-Germanicwepsō-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwobʰséh₂wasp
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwebʰ-to weave, braid
Every word from Proto-Indo-European webʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wobʰséh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic wepsō- →