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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vapsa-

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

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-

  1. 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: vaapsõlain

Further reading
  • “vapsik”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “vaapsahainen”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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