Where does “våsă” come from?

våsă (Polabian) comes from Proto-Slavic osà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wápsāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European wobʰséh₂, from Proto-Indo-European webʰ- — to weave, braid.

våsă (Polabian): wasp

Definitions

  1. wasp

Ancestry of “våsă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicosàwasp
2Proto-Balto-Slavic*wápsāˀwasp
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwobʰséh₂wasp
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwebʰ-to weave, braid

Words derived from “våsă”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European webʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wobʰséh₂ →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wápsāˀ →