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Where does “vaxa” come from?

vaxa (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic wahsijaną, from Indo-European *h₂weks-.

vaxa (Old Norse): to grow, increase

Definitions

  1. to grow, increase

Ancestry of “vaxa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwahsijanąto grow
2Indo-European*h₂weks-—

Words derived from “vaxa”

  • växa
  • tillväxa
  • tillväxt
  • voksing
  • vokse
  • voksen
  • veksa
  • vaksen
  • vekse
  • voksen
  • vokse
  • vaxa
  • vaxinn
  • vaksa
  • waxæ
  • vaksa
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