Where does “waxen” come from?

waxen (Middle English) comes from Middle English wax, from Old English weax, from Proto-West Germanic wahs, from Proto-Germanic wahsą, from Proto-Indo-European woḱ-so-.

waxen (Middle English): To grow become larger

Definitions

  1. To grow become larger

Ancestry of “waxen”, step by step

waxen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English wax

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishwaxwax beeswax, sealing wax, etc
2Old Englishweaxwax
3Proto-West Germanicwahs—
4Proto-Germanicwahsąwax
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwoḱ-so-—

via Old English weaxan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishweaxanto grow
2Proto-West Germanicwahsanto grow
3Proto-Germanicwahsijanąto grow
4Indo-European*h₂weks-—

Words derived from “waxen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European woḱ-so- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wahsą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wahs →