Etymology Explorer › Middle High German

Where does “wahs” come from?

wahs (Middle High German) comes from Old High German wahs, from Proto-Germanic wahsą, from Proto-Indo-European woḱ-so-.

Ancestry of “wahs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanwahswax
2Proto-Germanicwahsąwax
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwoḱ-so-—

Words derived from “wahs”

  • ва́кса
  • вакса
  • Wachsmalstift
  • wachsartig
  • wachsweich
  • wächsern
  • Bienenwachs
  • Wachs
  • wachsbleich
  • vakso
  • vakstolo
  • abelvakso
  • واکس
  • baks
Every word from Proto-Indo-European woḱ-so- →