Where does “Wachs” come from?

Wachs (German) comes from Middle High German wahs, from Old High German wahs, from Proto-Germanic wahsą, from Proto-Indo-European woḱ-so-.

Wachs (German): wax; cere

Definitions

  1. wax; cere

Ancestry of “Wachs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanwahswax
2Old High Germanwahswax
3Proto-Germanicwahsąwax
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwoḱ-so-—

Words derived from “Wachs”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European woḱ-so- →