< Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic
Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vapsa-
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian vapsva, Old Prussian wobse), from Proto-Indo-European *wops-éh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *wóps.
Noun
*vapsa-
- wasp
Descendants
- Estonian: vapsik
- Finnish: vaapsahainen, (dialectal) vapsahainen, vapsainen, vapsalainen
- Ingrian: vaapsahain
- Karelian: voapsahaine
- Livonian: vaps
- Ludian: vuopsahaine
- Veps: bapshaine
- Võro: vask'lanõ, vask'lik
- Votic: vaapsalain
Further reading
- vapsik in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) , “vaapsahainen”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN