Where does “vaha” come from?

vaha (Estonian) comes from Proto-Germanic wahsą, from Proto-Indo-European woḱ-so-.

vaha (Estonian): wax

Definitions

  1. wax

Ancestry of “vaha”, step by step

vaha traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic wahsą

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwahsąwax
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwoḱ-so-—

via Proto-Balto-Slavic waksa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavicwaksa—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwokso-wax

via Proto-Balto-Slavic vakša

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavicvakša—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European woḱ-so- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wahsą →