Where does “Wass” come from?
Wass (German Low German) comes from Middle Low German was, from Old Saxon wahs, from Proto-West Germanic wahs, from Proto-Germanic wahsą, from Proto-Indo-European woḱ-so-.
Wass (German Low German): wax
Ancestry of “Wass”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | was | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | wahs | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | wahs | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | wahsą | wax |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | woḱ-so- | — |