Where does “wespe” come from?

wespe (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon wepsia, from Proto-West Germanic *waspijā — wasp.

wespe (Middle Low German): wasp

Definitions

  1. wasp

Ancestry of “wespe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonwepsiawasp
2Proto-West Germanic*waspijāwasp

Words derived from “wespe”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *waspijā →Every word from Old Saxon wepsia →