Where does “Wachsfigur” come from?

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

Wachsfigur (German): wax figure

Definitions

  1. wax figure

Ancestry of “Wachsfigur”, step by step

Wachsfigur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Wachs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWachswax; cere
2Middle High Germanwahswax
3Old High Germanwahswax
4Proto-Germanicwahsąwax
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwoḱ-so-—

via German Figur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFigurfigure, figurine; character; piece
2Latinfigūrashape, form, figure
3Latinfingōto shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape

Words derived from “Wachsfigur”

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