vaksa
Faroese
[ˈvaʰksa]
verb
Definitions
- to grow
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse vaxa inherited from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną (increase, grow, wax) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- (increase, enlarge, add, grow).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂weg-
Gloss
increase, enlarge, add, grow
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
殖
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- half-waxen English
- wax English
- waxen English
- *h₂weg- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂wég-s-os, *h₂wég-s-es- Proto-Indo-European
- vokse Norwegian Bokmål
- *wahsanaz Proto-Germanic
- *wahsijaną Proto-Germanic
- *wahsijaną, *wahsaną Proto-Germanic
- *wahstuz Proto-Germanic
- *wōkraz Proto-Germanic
- växa Swedish
- veksa Norwegian Nynorsk
- vekse Norwegian Nynorsk
- weaxan Old English
- waxen Middle English
- féarúil Irish
- vaxa Old Norse
- vaxa Icelandic
- wahsan Old High German
- feur-itheach Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- 𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *wahsan gmw-pro
- wassan Old Dutch
- *wegrom Proto-Celtic
- *Hwakš- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- waxa Old Frisian
- waxæ Old Danish
- vuğsa Scanian
- vaksa Gutnish