Where does “wassan” come from?

wassan (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic wahsan, from Proto-Germanic wahsijaną, from Indo-European *h₂weks-.

wassan (Old Dutch): to grow, to wax; to rise in level

Definitions

  1. to grow, to wax; to rise in level

Ancestry of “wassan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicwahsanto grow
2Proto-Germanicwahsijanąto grow
3Indo-European*h₂weks-—

Words derived from “wassan”

Every word from Indo-European *h₂weks- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wahsijaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wahsan →