Where does “wæx” come from?
wæx (Old English) comes from Old English weax, from Proto-West Germanic wahs, from Proto-Germanic wahsą, from Proto-Indo-European woḱ-so-.
wæx (Old English): Alternative form of weax
Ancestry of “wæx”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | weax | wax |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | wahs | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | wahsą | wax |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | woḱ-so- | — |