Where does “vespa” come from?

vespa (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Italian vespa, from Latin vespa, from Proto-Indo-European wobʰséh₂, from Proto-Indo-European webʰ- — to weave, braid.

vespa (Serbo-Croatian): motor scooter

Definitions

  1. motor scooter

Ancestry of “vespa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvespawasp; motor scooter
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 →
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