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
Ancestry of “Woaks”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Frisian | wax | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | wahsą | wax |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | woḱ-so- | — |