hornet

Betekenis (Engels)

1. A large wasp, of the genus Vespa, having a brown-and-yellow-striped body and the ability to inflict a serious sting.
2. A person who pesters with petty but ceaseless attacks.

Sinonieme

wasp

bee

🐝

yellow jacket

European hornet

paper wasp

bumblebee

yellowjacket

giant hornet

big

brown hornet

old world hornet

Vertalings

frelon

Hornisse

calabrone

avispón

hoornaar

crabro

vespão

horzel

Vespa crabro

αγριομέλισσα

βόμβος

abelha-pedreira

guêpe

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈhɔː.nɪt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: hernet

Geërf van Old English: hyrnetu

Verwante met Duits: Hornisse

Verwante met Nederlands: horzel

Verwante met Wallies: creyryn

Verwante met Latyn: crābrō

Verwante met Litaus: širšė

Verwante met Kerkslawies: сръшень

Verwante met Albanees: grerë

In summary

From Middle English hernet, from Old English hyrnetu, hyrnete, from Proto-West Germanic *hurnutu, from Proto-Germanic *hurznutō (compare German Hornisse), alteration of Proto-Germanic *hursulǭ (compare Dutch horzel), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂sro- (“hornet”, literally “the one with horns (antennae)”), from *ḱerh₂- (“horn”) (compare Welsh creyryn (“gadfly”), Latin crābrō (“hornet”), Lithuanian širšė (“wasp”), Proto-Slavic *sьrxy (whence Old Church Slavonic сръшень (srŭšenĭ, “hornet”) and many others), Albanian grerë, grenzë (“wasp, hornet”)).