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
Ancestry of “vokse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | voks | wax |
| 2 | Old Norse | vax | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | wahsą | wax |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | woḱ-so- | — |
Words derived from “vokse”