Where does “folwoeksen” come from?

folwoeksen (West Frisian) comes from West Frisian waakse, from Old Frisian waxa, from Somali wax — something.

folwoeksen (West Frisian): adult

Definitions

  1. adult

Ancestry of “folwoeksen”, step by step

folwoeksen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via West Frisian waakse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1West Frisianwaakseto increase, to grow
2Old Frisianwaxa—
3Somaliwaxsomething

via West Frisian fol

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1West Frisianfolfull

Words derived from “folwoeksen”

Every word from Somali wax →Every word from Old Frisian waxa →Every word from West Frisian waakse →
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