Where does “bivoks” come from?
bivoks (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål voks, from Danish voks, from Old Danish wox, from Old Norse vax, from Proto-Germanic wahsą, from Proto-Indo-European woḱ-so-.
bivoks (Norwegian Bokmål): <br>; beeswax
Ancestry of “bivoks”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | voks | wax; imperative of vokse |
| 2 | Danish | voks | wax |
| 3 | Old Danish | wox | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | vax | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | wahsą | wax |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | woḱ-so- | — |