Where does “wuessen” come from?

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

wuessen (Luxembourgish): to grow; to wax, to apply wax to

Definitions

  1. to grow; to wax, to apply wax to

Ancestry of “wuessen”, step by step

wuessen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German wahsen

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

via Luxembourgish wuess

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Luxembourgishwuesssecond-person singular imperative of wuessen;...
2Old High Germanwahswax
3Proto-Germanicwahsąwax
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwoḱ-so-—

Words derived from “wuessen”

Every word from Indo-European *h₂weks- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wahsijaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wahsan →