Where does “vaha” come from?
vaha (Veps) comes from Proto-Finnic vaha, from Proto-Germanic wahsą, from Proto-Indo-European woḱ-so-.
vaha (Veps): wax
Ancestry of “vaha”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Finnic | vaha | wax |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | wahsą | wax |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | woḱ-so- | — |