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wesp.

wasp (various insects of the order Hymenoptera, especially of the superfamily Vespoidea)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʋɛsp/
  1. wasp (various insects of the order Hymenoptera, especially of the superfamily Vespoidea)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From earlier Modern Dutch wespe, from Middle Dutch wespe, from Old Dutch *wespa, with metathesis from Proto-West Germanic *wapsu, from Proto-Germanic *wepsō-, from Proto-Indo-European *wóbʰseh₂ (“wasp”), from *webʰ- (“weave”). Cognate with German Wespe, Low German Wösp, English wasp.

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