Wespe

Senso (Inglese)

wasp (insect)

Concetti

vespa

ape

🐝

calabroni

vespe

ape europea

Vespidae

calabrone

sinonimi

Biene

🐝

Hornisse

Hummel

Imme

🐝

Erdwespe

Vespidae

Westliche Honigbiene

Europäische Honigbiene

Wespenarbeiterin

Wespenweibchen

Wespenkönigin

Wespenmännchen

Arbeiterwespe

Mutterwespe

Wespendrohne

Traduzioni

wasp

avispa

guêpe

wesp

vespa

vespa

σφήκα

vespa

yaban arısı

abeille

🐝

abeja

🐝

bee

🐝

eşekarısı

دَبُّور

Dialetti

Canton Basilea Campagna

wäschpi

Canton San Gallo

gängar

Dati forniti da: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈvɛspə/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da tedesco medio alto: wefse

Ereditato da tedesco antico alto: wefsa

Affine Swabian: Wefz

Affine bavarese: Weps

Affine olandese: wesp

Affine inglese: wasp

Affine francese: guêpe

In summary

From Middle High German wefse, webse, wespe, from Old High German wefsa. The forms with -sp- come from Middle Low German wespe, from Old Saxon waspa (10th century, alongside older wepsia), spreading to Middle High German in the 12th century.
Some Upper German dialects retain the original consonantism to this day, e.g. Swabian Wefz, Bavarian Weps, Wepsn, Webasn, Webes. The spread of -sp- was reinforced, if not triggered, by Latin vespa. Popular association with the verb wispeln from Old High German hwispalōn (“to whir, to whisper”) is also likely; compare Central Franconian Wespel (“wasp”). Both the High German and the Low German forms go back to Proto-West Germanic *waspijā, a variant of *wapsu.
Cognates include Dutch wesp, English wasp, French guêpe. These are often traced back to Proto-Germanic *wapsō, from Proto-Indo-European *wobʰseh₂ (“wasp”), pertaining to *webʰ- (“to weave”). There are some formal problems to this particular reconstruction, however, most importantly the fact that Proto-Germanic *wapsō is an anomalous form lacking the expected effect of Primärberührung.