Etymology Explorer › Old Norse

Where does “vax” come from?

vax (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic wahsą, from Proto-Indo-European woḱ-so-.

Ancestry of “vax”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwahsąwax
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwoḱ-so-—

Words derived from “vax”

  • vaxkaka
  • kabelvax
  • vax
  • voks
  • bivoks
  • ørevoks
  • voks
  • voksing
  • bivoks
  • vokse
  • voks
  • ørevoks
  • vaxlitur
  • vax
  • wax
  • wox
Every word from Proto-Indo-European woḱ-so- →