Where does “waxeth” come from?

waxeth (English) comes from English wax, from Middle English wax, from Old English weax, from Proto-West Germanic wahs, from Proto-Germanic wahsą, from Proto-Indo-European woḱ-so-.

waxeth (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative...

Ancestry of “waxeth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwaxBeeswax; Earwax; Any oily, water-resistant...
2Middle Englishwaxwax beeswax, sealing wax, etc
3Old Englishweaxwax
4Proto-West Germanicwahs—
5Proto-Germanicwahsąwax
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwoḱ-so-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European woḱ-so- →