Where does “vokse” come from?

vokse (Danish) comes from Danish voks, from Old Danish wox, from Old Norse vax, from Proto-Germanic wahsą, from Proto-Indo-European woḱ-so-.

vokse (Danish): to grow; to grow into, become; to wax

Definitions

  1. to grow; to grow into, become; to wax

Ancestry of “vokse”, step by step

vokse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish voks

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishvokswax
2Old Danishwox—
3Old Norsevax—
4Proto-Germanicwahsąwax
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwoḱ-so-—

via Old Danish waxæ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Danishwaxæ—
2Old Norsevaxato grow, increase
3Proto-Germanicwahsijanąto grow
4Indo-European*h₂weks-—

Words derived from “vokse”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European woḱ-so- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wahsą →Every word from Old Norse vax →