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Where does “wǣxt” come from?
wǣxt (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic wahstuz, from Indo-European *h₂weks-.
Ancestry of “wǣxt”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
wahstuz
size, growth
2
Indo-European
*h₂weks-
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Words derived from “wǣxt”
waste
Every word from Indo-European *h₂weks- →
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