Where does “vokse” come from?

vokse (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk voks, from Old Norse vax, from Proto-Germanic wahsą, from Proto-Indo-European woḱ-so-.

vokse (Norwegian Nynorsk): to wax

Definitions

  1. to wax

Ancestry of “vokse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskvokswax
2Old Norsevax—
3Proto-Germanicwahsąwax
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwoḱ-so-—

Words derived from “vokse”

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