u̯obhsā

English meaning                      wasp

German meaning                     `Wespe'

Grammatical comments         

General comments                 

Derivatives                             

Material                                   Av. vawžaka- `Skorpion', aber iran. *vawža- `Wespe' in mpers. vaβz `Wespe', Baluchi gwabz `Biene, Wespe';

                lat. vespa f. `Wespe' (aus *vopsā);

                acorn. guhi-en gl. vespa, mcymr. gw(y)chi, abr. guohi gl. fucos (*u̯ops-), woraus entlehnt air. foich gl. vespa (auch `eruca'), nir. fotlach und puith `Wespe', daraus spoch `heftiger Angriff' (O'Rahilly Sc. G. St. 3, 63);

                ags. wæfs, wæps, wæsp `Wespe', ahd. wefsa, wafsa, waspa, bair. webes, thür. weps-chen und wewetz-chen, die auf germ. *wabi-s und *wabi-t weisen;

                lit. vapsvà `Wespe', apr. wobse ds.;

                ksl. osa, klr. osá (aus *vopsā, baltoslav. *u̯apsā).

References                              WP. I 257 f., WH. II 770, Trautmann 342, Vasmer 2, 280, Specht Idg. Dekl. 45 f., Szemerényi Arch. Lingu. 4, 52.

See also                                   deutlich zu u̯ebh- `weben'.

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