Where does “wahsan” come from?

wahsan (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic wahsan, from Proto-Germanic wahsijaną, from Indo-European *h₂weks-.

wahsan (Old Saxon): to grow; to increase

Definitions

  1. to grow; to increase

Ancestry of “wahsan”, step by step

wahsan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic wahsan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicwahsanto grow
2Proto-Germanicwahsijanąto grow
3Indo-European*h₂weks-—

via Proto-Germanic wahsaną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwahsaną—

Words derived from “wahsan”

Every word from Indo-European *h₂weks- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wahsijaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wahsan →