Where does “voksing” come from?
voksing (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål vokse, from Danish vokse, from Danish voks, from Old Danish wox, from Old Norse vax, from Proto-Germanic wahsą, from Proto-Indo-European woḱ-so-.
voksing (Norwegian Bokmål): waxing
Ancestry of “voksing”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | vokse | to grow; to wax |
| 2 | Danish | vokse | to grow; to grow into, become; to wax |
| 3 | Danish | voks | wax |
| 4 | Old Danish | wox | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | vax | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | wahsą | wax |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | woḱ-so- | — |