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Where does “ва́кса” come from?

ва́кса (Russian) comes from German Wachs, from Middle High German wahs, from Old High German wahs, from Proto-Germanic wahsą, from Proto-Indo-European woḱ-so-.

Ancestry of “ва́кса”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWachswax; cere
2Middle High Germanwahs—
3Old High Germanwahswax
4Proto-Germanicwahsąwax
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwoḱ-so-—

Words derived from “ва́кса”

  • واکس
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