Wespi

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German wespe, webse, wefse from Old High German wefsa, wafsa, from Proto-Germanic *wapsō. Cognate with German Wespe, Dutch wesp, English wasp.

Noun

Wespi n

(Uri) wasp

References

Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co.

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