Where does “wachsen” come from?

wachsen (German) comes from Middle High German wahsen, from Old High German wahsan, from Proto-West Germanic wahsan, from Proto-Germanic wahsijaną, from Indo-European *h₂weks-.

wachsen (German): to grow; to grow, to increase; to wax

Definitions

  1. to grow; to grow, to increase; to wax

Ancestry of “wachsen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanwahsento grow
2Old High Germanwahsanto grow
3Proto-West Germanicwahsanto grow
4Proto-Germanicwahsijanąto grow
5Indo-European*h₂weks-

Words derived from “wachsen

Every word from Indo-European *h₂weks-