Where does “vakso” come from?

vakso (Esperanto) 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-.

vakso (Esperanto): wax

Definitions

  1. wax

Ancestry of “vakso”, step by step

vakso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English wax

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

via German Wachs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWachswax; cere
2Middle High Germanwahswax
3Old High Germanwahswax

Words derived from “vakso”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European woḱ-so- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wahsą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wahs →