Where does “Woaks” come from?

Woaks (Saterland Frisian) comes from Old Frisian wax, from Proto-Germanic wahsą, from Proto-Indo-European woḱ-so-.

Woaks (Saterland Frisian): wax

Definitions

  1. wax

Ancestry of “Woaks”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianwax—
2Proto-Germanicwahsąwax
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwoḱ-so-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European woḱ-so- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wahsą →Every word from Old Frisian wax →