Where does “wefsa” come from?

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

wefsa (Old High German): wasp

Definitions

  1. wasp

Ancestry of “wefsa”, step by step

wefsa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic wapsu

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

via Proto-Germanic wapsō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwapsōwasp

Words derived from “wefsa

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