Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “woḱ-so-”

105 words across 34 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European woḱ-so- — including wax, waxwork, waxeth, earwax, waxwing, waxlike, dewaxing, candlewax.

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English (33)

Finnish (17)

German (7)

Norwegian Nynorsk (4)

Dutch (3)

Swedish (3)

Esperanto (3)

Norwegian Bokmål (3)

Icelandic (2)

Danish (2)

Russian (2)

Old English (2)

Middle English (2)

Old Danish (2)

Old Frisian (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Veps (1)

Old High German (1)

Vilamovian (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

German Low German (1)

Estonian (1)

Ingrian (1)

Karelian (1)

Cimbrian (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Old Norse (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Persian (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Proto-Finnic (1)

Middle Low German (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Middle High German (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European woḱ-so- — 105 descendants | Etymology Explorer