wasp

Oznaczający (English)

Częstotliwość

C2
Wymawiane jako (IPA)
/wɒsp/
Etymologia (English)

In summary

table From Middle English wasp, waspe, waps, from Old English wæsp, wæps (“wasp”), from Proto-West Germanic *wapsu, from Proto-Germanic *wapsō, from Proto-Indo-European *wóps-eh₂ (“wasp”), from *webʰ- (“weave”) (referring to the insect's woven nests). Compare Dutch wesp, German Wespe, Danish hveps. The metathesis of s and p reflects a process of some generality in Old English, cf. ascian ~ acsian (“to ask”); here, Latin vespa (“wasp”) (also a cognate- cf. Old French wespe) may have helped tilt the scales in favour of -sp.

Dodaj to do zakładek

Popraw swoją wymowę

Napisz to słowo

angielski

Start learning angielski with learnfeliz.

Practice speaking and memorizing "wasp" and many other words and sentences in angielski.

Go to our angielski course page

Notes

Sign in to write sticky notes