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Where does “wahsen” come from?

wahsen (Old High German) comes from Old High German wahs, from Proto-Germanic wahsą, from Proto-Indo-European woḱ-so-.

wahsen (Old High German): to wax

Definitions

  1. to wax

Ancestry of “wahsen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanwahswax
2Proto-Germanicwahsąwax
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwoḱ-so-—

Words derived from “wahsen”

  • wichsen
  • Wichser
  • Schmalspurwichser
  • Wichsvorlage
Every word from Proto-Indo-European woḱ-so- →