Where does “vaha” come from?

vaha (Karelian) comes from Proto-Finnic vaha, from Proto-Germanic wahsą, from Proto-Indo-European woḱ-so-.

vaha (Karelian): wax

Definitions

  1. wax

Ancestry of “vaha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicvahawax
2Proto-Germanicwahsąwax
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwoḱ-so-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European woḱ-so- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wahsą →Every word from Proto-Finnic vaha →