Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wahsą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwɑx.sɑ̃/

Noun

*wahsą n

wax

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *wahsą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wahsą	*wahsō
vocative	*wahsą	*wahsō
accusative	*wahsą	*wahsō
genitive	wahsas, wahsis	*wahsǫ̂
dative	*wahsai	*wahsamaz
instrumental	*wahsō	*wahsamiz

Descendants

Old English: weax, wæx, wex, ƿeax
- Middle English: wex, wax
  - English: wax
  - Scots: wax
Old Frisian: wax
- Saterland Frisian: Woaks
- West Frisian: waaks, waachs
Old Saxon: wahs
- Middle Low German: was
  - German Low German: Wass
Old Dutch: wahs
- Middle Dutch: was
  - Dutch: was
    - Afrikaans: was
Old High German: wahs
- Middle High German: wahs
  - Cimbrian: baks
  - German: Wachs
    - → Russian: вакса (vaksa)
      - → Armenian: վաքս (vakʿs), վակս (vaks)
      - → Persian: واکس‎ (vâks)
  - Luxembourgish: Wuess
  - Yiddish: וואַקס‎‎ (vaks‎)
Old Norse: vax
- Icelandic: vax
- Faroese: vaks
- Norwegian: voks
- Old Swedish: vax
  - Swedish: vax
- Danish: voks

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