Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
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Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAlternative letter-case form of Web: the World Wide Web.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *webaną Proto-Germanic *wabją Old English webb Middle English web English web From Middle English web, webbe, from Old English webb, from Proto-West Germanic *wabi, from Proto-Germanic *wabją (“web”), from Proto-Germanic *webaną (“to weave”), from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to braid, weave”). Cognates Cognate with Scots wab (“web”), North Frisian wääb (“web”), Saterland Frisian Wäb (“web”), West Frisian and Dutch web (“web”), Danish væv (“web”), Faroese vevur (“web”), Icelandic vefur (“web”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk vev (“web”), Swedish väv (“web”); also Cornish goghi (“wasps”), Irish foich, foiche, puch (“wasp”), Welsh gwchi (“drone”), Latin vespa (“wasp”), Ancient Greek ὑφή (huphḗ, “web”), ὑφαίνω (huphaínō, “to weave”) (whence Greek ανυφαίνω (anyfaíno), υφαίνω (yfaíno, “to weave”)), Albanian vej (“to weave”), Latvian lapsene (“wasp”), Lithuanian vapsvà (“wasp”), Old Prussian wobse (“wasp”), Belarusian аса́ (asá, “wasp”), Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, and Ukrainian оса́ (osá, “wasp”), Czech vosa (“wasp”), Polish, Slovak, and Slovene osa (“wasp”), Serbo-Croatian о̀са, òsa (“wasp”), Armenian մոզ (moz, “a kind of fly that bites horses and cattle”), Northern Kurdish moz (“hornet; wasp”), Persian بافتن (bâftan, “to weave”), Tocharian A wäp- (“to weave”), Tocharian B wāp- (“to weave”), Sanskrit उभ्नाति (ubhnāti, “to hurt, kill; to cover; fill”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionwebenm
- Inherited-form mentionwebbang
- Inherited-form mention*wabigmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*wabjągem-pro · web
- Inherited-form mention*webanągem-pro · to weave
- Derivation mention*webʰ-ine-pro · to braid, weave
- Cognate mentionwabsco · web
- Cognate mentionwääbfrr · web
- Cognate mentionWäbstq · web
- Cognate mentionvævda · web
- Cognate mentionvevurfo · web
- Cognate mentionvefuris · web
- Cognate mentionvävsv · web
- Cognate mentiongoghikw · wasps
- Cognate mentionfoichga
- Cognate mentiongwchicy · drone
- Cognate mentionvespala · wasp
- Cognate mentionὑφήgrc · web
- Cognate mentionανυφαίνωel
- Cognate mentionvejsq · to weave
- Cognate mentionlapsenelv · wasp
- Cognate mentionvapsvàlt · wasp
- Cognate mentionwobseprg · wasp
- Cognate mentionаса́be · wasp
- Cognate mentionvosacs · wasp
- Cognate mentionо̀саsh
- Cognate mentionմոզhy · a kind of fly that bites horses and cattle
- Cognate mentionmozkmr · hornet; wasp
- Cognate mentionبافتنfa · to weave
- Cognate mentionwäp-xto · to weave
- Cognate mentionwāp-txb · to weave
- Cognate mentionउभ्नातिsa · to hurt, kill; to cover; fill
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"1": "is",
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"name": "cog",
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"1": "nb,nn",
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"expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk vev (“web”)"
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"name": "cog",
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"expansion": "Swedish väv (“web”)"
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"name": "cog",
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"1": "kw",
"2": "goghi",
"t": "wasps"
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"expansion": "Cornish goghi (“wasps”)"
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{
"name": "cog",
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"2": "foich"
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"expansion": "Irish foich"
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"1": "cy",
"2": "gwchi",
"t": "drone"
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"name": "cog",
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"1": "la",
"2": "vespa",
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"expansion": "Latin vespa (“wasp”)"
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"name": "cog",
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"1": "grc",
"2": "ὑφή",
"t": "web"
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"expansion": "Ancient Greek ὑφή (huphḗ, “web”)"
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"expansion": "Greek ανυφαίνω (anyfaíno)"
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"name": "cog",
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"1": "sq",
"2": "vej",
"t": "to weave"
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"expansion": "Albanian vej (“to weave”)"
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"name": "cog",
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"1": "lv",
"2": "lapsene",
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"expansion": "Latvian lapsene (“wasp”)"
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"name": "cog",
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"1": "lt",
"2": "vapsvà",
"t": "wasp"
},
"expansion": "Lithuanian vapsvà (“wasp”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "prg",
"2": "wobse",
"t": "wasp"
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"expansion": "Old Prussian wobse (“wasp”)"
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"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "be",
"2": "аса́",
"t": "wasp"
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"expansion": "Belarusian аса́ (asá, “wasp”)"
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"expansion": "Czech vosa (“wasp”)"
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"2": "osa",
"t": "wasp"
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"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "о̀са"
},
"expansion": "Serbo-Croatian о̀са"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "hy",
"2": "մոզ",
"t": "a kind of fly that bites horses and cattle"
},
"expansion": "Armenian մոզ (moz, “a kind of fly that bites horses and cattle”)"
},
{
"name": "cog",
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"1": "kmr",
"2": "moz",
"t": "hornet; wasp"
},
"expansion": "Northern Kurdish moz (“hornet; wasp”)"
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"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "بافتن",
"tr": "bâftan",
"t": "to weave"
},
"expansion": "Persian بافتن (bâftan, “to weave”)"
},
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"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "xto",
"2": "wäp-",
"t": "to weave"
},
"expansion": "Tocharian A wäp- (“to weave”)"
},
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"name": "cog",
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"1": "txb",
"2": "wāp-",
"t": "to weave"
},
"expansion": "Tocharian B wāp- (“to weave”)"
},
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"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "उभ्नाति",
"t": "to hurt, kill; to cover; fill"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit उभ्नाति (ubhnāti, “to hurt, kill; to cover; fill”)"
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"web",
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[
"vefur",
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[
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[
"vev",
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[
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[
"υφαίνω",
"υφαίνω#Greek"
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"vej",
"vej#Albanian"
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"lapsene",
"lapsene#Latvian"
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[
"vapsvà",
"vapsva#Lithuanian"
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"wobse",
"wobse#Old_Prussian"
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[
"аса́",
"аса#Belarusian"
],
[
"Bulgarian",
"оса#Bulgarian"
],
[
"Macedonian",
"оса#Macedonian"
],
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"Russian",
"оса#Russian"
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[
"оса́",
"оса#Ukrainian"
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[
"vosa",
"vosa#Czech"
],
[
"Polish",
"osa#Polish"
],
[
"Slovak",
"osa#Slovak"
],
[
"osa",
"osa#Slovene"
],
[
"о̀са",
"оса#Serbo-Croatian"
],
[
"òsa",
"osa#Serbo-Croatian"
],
[
"մոզ",
"մոզ#Armenian"
],
[
"moz",
"moz#Northern_Kurdish"
],
[
"بافتن",
"بافتن#Persian"
],
[
"wäp-",
"wäp-#Tocharian_A"
],
[
"wāp-",
"wāp-#Tocharian_B"
],
[
"उभ्नाति",
"उभ्नाति#Sanskrit"
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