Where does “weaxsealf” come from?

weaxsealf (Old English) comes from Old English sealf, from Proto-West Germanic salbu, from Proto-Germanic salbō, from Proto-Indo-European solp-éh₂, from Proto-Indo-European selp- — fat, oil.

weaxsealf (Old English): wax-salve, cerate

Definitions

  1. wax-salve, cerate

Ancestry of “weaxsealf”, step by step

weaxsealf traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English sealf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsealfsalve
2Proto-West Germanicsalbusalve, ointment
3Proto-Germanicsalbōsalve, ointment
4Proto-Indo-Europeansolp-éh₂—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanselp-fat, oil

via Old English weax

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishweaxwax
2Proto-West Germanicwahs—
3Proto-Germanicwahsąwax
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwoḱ-so-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European selp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European solp-éh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic salbō →