Where does “voks” come from?

voks (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish voks, from Old Danish wox, from Old Norse vax, from Proto-Germanic wahsą, from Proto-Indo-European woḱ-so-.

voks (Norwegian Bokmål): wax; imperative of vokse

Definitions

  1. wax; imperative of vokse

Ancestry of “voks”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishvokswax
2Old Danishwox—
3Old Norsevax—
4Proto-Germanicwahsąwax
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwoḱ-so-—

Words derived from “voks”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European woḱ-so- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wahsą →Every word from Old Norse vax →