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