Where does “wāhs” come from?

wāhs (Vilamovian) comes from Old High German wahs, from Proto-Germanic wahsą, from Proto-Indo-European woḱ-so-.

wāhs (Vilamovian): wax

Definitions

  1. wax

Ancestry of “wāhs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanwahswax
2Proto-Germanicwahsąwax
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwoḱ-so-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European woḱ-so- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wahsą →Every word from Old High German wahs →