Where does “vèspa” come from?

vèspa (Occitan) comes from Old Occitan vespa, from Latin vespa, from Proto-Indo-European wobʰséh₂, from Proto-Indo-European webʰ- — to weave, braid.

vèspa (Occitan): wasp

Definitions

  1. wasp

Ancestry of “vèspa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitanvespa—
2Latinvespawasp
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwobʰséh₂wasp
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwebʰ-to weave, braid
Every word from Proto-Indo-European webʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wobʰséh₂ →Every word from Latin vespa →