Where does “baks” come from?
baks (Cimbrian) comes from Middle High German wahs, from Old High German wahs, from Proto-Germanic wahsą, from Proto-Indo-European woḱ-so-.
baks (Cimbrian): wax
Ancestry of “baks”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | wahs | — |
| 2 | Old High German | wahs | wax |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | wahsą | wax |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | woḱ-so- | — |