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
Ancestry of “vaxa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | vax | wax |
| 2 | Old Norse | vax | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | wahsą | wax |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | woḱ-so- | — |