Where does “viespișor” come from?

viespișor (Romanian) comes from Romanian viespe, from Latin vespa, from Proto-Indo-European wobʰséh₂, from Proto-Indo-European webʰ- — to weave, braid.

Ancestry of “viespișor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianviespewasp
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 →