Where does “וואַקסן” come from?

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

וואַקסן (Yiddish): to grow, to wax

Definitions

  1. to grow, to wax

Ancestry of “וואַקסן”, step by step

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

Words derived from “וואַקסן”

Every word from Indo-European *h₂weks- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wahsijaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wahsan →