Where does “wæps” come from?

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

wæps (Old English): a wasp

Definitions

  1. a wasp

Ancestry of “wæps”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicwapsuwasp
2Proto-Germanicwepsō-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwobʰséh₂wasp
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwebʰ-to weave, braid

Words derived from “wæps”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European webʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wobʰséh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic wepsō- →