Where does “wax” come from?

wax (Old Danish) comes from Old Norse vax, from Proto-Germanic wahsą, from Proto-Indo-European woḱ-so-.

Ancestry of “wax”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsevax—
2Proto-Germanicwahsąwax
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwoḱ-so-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European woḱ-so- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wahsą →Every word from Old Norse vax →
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