wahs

See also: Wahs and wāhs

English

Noun

wahs

1. plural of wah

Anagrams

• -wash, Haws, Shaw, WASH, Wash, Wash., haws, shaw, shwa, wash

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• was

Etymology

From Old High German wahs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈwaxs̠/

Noun

wahs n

1. wax

Declension

Declension of wahs (strong neuter with null plural)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	daȥ	wahs	diu	wahs
genitive	eines	dës	wahses	dër	wahse
dative	eime	dëm	wahse	dën	wahsen
accusative	ein	daȥ	wahs	diu	wahs

Descendants

• Cimbrian: baks
• German: Wachs
  • → Russian: вакса (vaksa)
    • → Armenian: վաքս (vakʻs), վակս (vaks)
    • → Persian: واکس (vâks)
• Central Franconian:
  • Hunsrik: Wachs
  • Luxembourgish: Wuess
• Vilamovian: wāhs
• Yiddish: וואַקס (vaks)

References

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “wahs”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
• Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “wahs”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), 3rd edition

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wahsą, whence also Old Saxon wahs, Old English weax, Old Norse vax.

Noun

wahs n

1. wax

Declension

Declension of wahs (neuter a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	wahs	wahs
accusative	wahs	wahs
genitive	wahses	wahso
dative	wahse	wahsum
instrumental	wahsu	—

Descendants

• Middle High German: wahs, was
  • Cimbrian: baks
  • German: Wachs
    • → Russian: вакса (vaksa)
      • → Armenian: վաքս (vakʻs), վակս (vaks)
      • → Persian: واکس (vâks)
  • Central Franconian:
    • Hunsrik: Wachs
    • Luxembourgish: Wuess
  • Vilamovian: wāhs
  • Yiddish: וואַקס (vaks)

References

• Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “wahs”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎^[2] (in German), 6th edition