Where does “vaxa” come from?

vaxa (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic vax, from Old Norse vax, from Proto-Germanic wahsą, from Proto-Indo-European woḱ-so-.

vaxa (Icelandic): to grow; to wax

Definitions

  1. to grow; to wax

Ancestry of “vaxa”, step by step

vaxa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic vax

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicvaxwax
2Old Norsevax—
3Proto-Germanicwahsąwax
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwoḱ-so-—

via Old Norse vaxa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsevaxato grow, increase
2Proto-Germanicwahsijanąto grow
3Indo-European*h₂weks-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European woḱ-so- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wahsą →Every word from Old Norse vax →