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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 Germanwahs—
2Old High Germanwahswax
3Proto-Germanicwahsąwax
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwoḱ-so-—

Words derived from “Wachs”

  • ва́кса
  • вакса
  • Wachsmalstift
  • wachsartig
  • wachsweich
  • wächsern
  • Bienenwachs
  • wachsbleich
  • vakso
  • vakstolo
  • abelvakso
  • واکس
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