Danish

Noun

vasks c

1. genitive singular indefinite of vask

Icelandic

Noun

vasks

1. indefinite genitive singular of vaskur

Latvian

Bišu vasks

Augu vasks

Vaska svece

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *waksa (with metathesis, *waska-s), from Proto-Indo-European *wokso- ‎(“wax”), from the stem *weg- ‎(“to weave”) (< *aw-eg). The original meaning was thus “woven, fabric-like” (i.e., cells, honeycomb). Cognates include Lithuanian vãškas, Old Church Slavonic воскъ ‎(voskŭ), Russian, Belarusian воск ‎(vosk), Ukrainian віск, Bulgarian восък ‎(vósǎk), Czech vosk, Polish wosk, Proto-Germanic *wahsa- (Old High German wahs, Old English wæx, German Wachs, English wax).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vasks]

Noun

vasks m (1st declension)

1. wax (an oily, water-resistant substance)

   grīdas vasks‎ ― floor wax

   vaska sveces‎ ― wax candles, tapers

   sintētiskais vasks‎ ― synthetic wax

   augu vaski‎ ― plant waxes

   dzīvnieku vaski‎ ― animal waxes

   bišu vasks‎ ― beeswax

   vaska figūra‎ ― wax figure

   kausēt vasku‎ ― to melt wax

   mīksts kā vasks‎ ― soft as wax

Declension

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “vasks”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7