Yiddish edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German wahsen, from Old High German wahsan, from Proto-West Germanic *wahsan, from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną. Compare German wachsen. Akin to Old English weaxan (Modern English wax).

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Verb edit

וואַקסן (vaksn) (past participle געוואַקסן (gevaksn))

  1. to grow, to wax (to grow)

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