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

Definitions

  1. wax

Ancestry of “voks”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsevax—
2Proto-Germanicwahsąwax
3Proto-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 →