Words that come from Proto-Germanic “wahsijaną”

165 words across 29 languages descend from Proto-Germanic wahsijaną — including waste, waist, wasting, waistcoat, wastewater, wasteful, wast, waistband.

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English (75)

German (23)

Old English (9)

Norwegian Nynorsk (8)

Swedish (7)

Norwegian Bokmål (7)

Proto-Germanic (4)

Middle English (4)

Luxembourgish (3)

Old Norse (3)

Icelandic (2)

Danish (2)

Old Saxon (2)

Low German (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Faroese (1)

Gutnish (1)

Old Frisian (1)

West Frisian (1)

Yiddish (1)

Middle High German (1)

Japanese (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Gothic (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Old Danish (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Old High German (1)