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