Where does “אָפּוואַקסן” come from?

אָפּוואַקסן (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish וואַקסן, from Middle High German wahsen, from Old High German wahsan, from Proto-West Germanic wahsan, from Proto-Germanic wahsijaną, from Indo-European *h₂weks-.

אָפּוואַקסן (Yiddish): to grow back

Definitions

  1. to grow back

Ancestry of “אָפּוואַקסן”, step by step

אָפּוואַקסן traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish וואַקסן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishוואַקסןto grow, to wax
2Middle High Germanwahsento grow
3Old High Germanwahsanto grow
4Proto-West Germanicwahsanto grow
5Proto-Germanicwahsijanąto grow
6Indo-European*h₂weks-—

via Yiddish אָפּ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishאָפּoff
2Middle High Germanabe—
3Old High Germanabof
4Proto-Germanic*ab—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—
Every word from Indo-European *h₂weks- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wahsijaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wahsan →