Where does “גרעבער־וועספּע” come from?

גרעבער־וועספּע (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish גרעבער, from Yiddish גראָבן, from Middle High German graben, from Old High German graban, from Proto-West Germanic graban, from Proto-Germanic grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.

גרעבער־וועספּע (Yiddish): digger wasp

Definitions

  1. digger wasp

Ancestry of “גרעבער־וועספּע”, step by step

גרעבער־וועספּע traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish גרעבער

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishגרעבערdigger
2Yiddishגראָבןdig
3Middle High Germangrabento dig
4Old High Germangraban
5Proto-West Germanicgrabanto dig; to engrave
6Proto-Germanicgrabanąto dig; to engrave, scratch
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape

via Yiddish וועספּע

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishוועספּעwasp
2Middle High Germanwespe
3Old High Germanwefsawasp
4Proto-West Germanicwapsuwasp
5Proto-Germanicwepsō-
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwobʰséh₂wasp
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwebʰ-to weave, braid
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic grabanąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic graban
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