u̯obhsā (*gu̯obhsā)

    u̯obhsā (*gu̯obhsā)

    English meaning: wasp

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Wespe”

    Material: Av. vawžaka- ‘scorpion”, but Iran. *vawža- “wasp” in M.Pers. vaβz “wasp”, Baluchi gwabz “bee, wasp”; Maybe nasalized Alb. (*gu̯obhsü) *glêsa, grenza “wasp” : O.Corn. guhi-en gl. “wasp”, M.Welsh gw(y)chi, abr. guohi : Swedish getting “wasp” : Baluchi gwabz “bee, wasp”; [common Alb. gh- > gl- > gj- : lith. gh- > dz- phonetic mutation]. Lat. vespa f. “wasp” (from *vopsü); O.Corn. guhi-en gl. “wasp”, M.Welsh gw(y)chi, abr. guohi gl. fucos (*u̯ops-), from which borrowed O.Ir. foich gl. “wasp” (also “ caterpillar, cankerworm “), Ir. fotlach and puith “wasp”, out of it spoch “ fierce attack” (O”Rahilly Sc. G. stem 3, 63); maybe Alb. (*spoch) shponj “pierce, sting (of a wasp)”. O.E. wæfs, wæps, wæsp “wasp”, O.H.G. wefsa, wafsa, waspa, bO.Ir. webes, thũr. wepschen and wewetz-chen, die auf Gmc. *wabi-s and *wabi-t weisen; Lith. vapsvà “wasp”, O.Pruss. wobse ds.; Church Slavic osa, Clr. osá (from *vopsü, Bal.-Slav. *u̯apsü).

    References: WP. I 257 f., WH. II 770, Trautmann 342, Vasmer 2, 280, Specht IE Decl. 45 f., Szemerényi Arch. Lingunder 4, 52.

    See also: distinct to u̯ebh- “to weave”.