Where does “vax” come from?

vax (Swedish) comes from Old Norse vax, from Proto-Germanic wahsą, from Proto-Indo-European woḱ-so-.

vax (Swedish): wax

Definitions

  1. wax

Ancestry of “vax”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsevax—
2Proto-Germanicwahsąwax
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwoḱ-so-—

Words derived from “vax”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European woḱ-so- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wahsą →Every word from Old Norse vax →
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