Where does “voks” come from?
voks (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse vax, from Proto-Germanic wahsą, from Proto-Indo-European woḱ-so-.
voks (Norwegian Nynorsk): wax
Ancestry of “voks”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | vax | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | wahsą | wax |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | woḱ-so- | — |
Words derived from “voks”