weax
Old English
noun
Definitions
- wax
Etymology
Inherited from *wahs inherited from Proto-Germanic *wahsą.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wahsą
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- earwax English
- wax English
- *woḱ-so- Proto-Indo-European
- *wahsą Proto-Germanic
- candel Old English
- weaxcandel Old English
- wax Middle English
- wex Middle English
- vax Old Norse
- wahs Old High German
- wahs Middle High German
- Wuess Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *wahs gmw-pro
- vaha Estonian
- *vaha Proto-Finnic
- wahs Old Saxon
- wāhs Vilamovian