viespe
Romanian
viespe
Alternative forms
- veaspă (regional, rare)
Etymology
From Latin vespa, either through a Vulgar Latin intermediate form *vespis, or more likely remade from the plural of the original singular Romanian form, viaspă, veaspă, now rare, archaic, or regional, e.g. in Moldova. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wobʰseh₂ (“wasp”), from *webʰ- (“weave”).
Noun
viespe f (plural viespi)
- wasp (insect)
Related terms
- viespar