Wax
Old English wæx, weax, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch was and German Wachs . The verb dates from late Middle English.
wiktionary
From Middle English wax, from Old English weax, from Proto-Germanic *wahsą, from Proto-Indo-European *woḱ-so-. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Woaks(“wax”), West Frisian waaks(“wax”), Dutch was(“wax”), German Wachs(“wax”), Norwegian voks(“wax”); and with Lithuanian vaškas(“wax”), Proto-Slavic *voskъ(“wax”).
From Middle English waxen, from the noun (see above).
From Middle English waxen, from Old English weaxan(“to wax, grow, be fruitful, increase, become powerful, flourish”), from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną(“to grow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg-(“to grow, increase”). Cognate with Scots wax(“to grow”), West Frisian waakse(“to grow”), Low German wassen, Dutch wassen(“to grow”), German wachsen(“to grow”), Danish and Norwegian vokse(“to grow”), Swedish växa(“to grow”), Icelandic vaxa(“to grow”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽( wahsjan, “to grow”); and with Ancient Greek ἀέξειν(aéxein), Latin auxilium. It is in its turn cognate with augeo. See eke.
Origin uncertain; probably from phrases like to wax angry, wax wode, and similar (see Etymology 2, above).
etymonline
wax (n.)
Old English weax "substance made by bees," from Proto-Germanic *wahsam (source also of Old Saxon, Old High German wahs, Old Norse vax, Dutch was, German Wachs), from PIE root *wokso- "wax" (source also of Old Church Slavonic voskŭ, Lithuanian vaškas, Polish wosk, Russian vosk "wax" (but these may be from Germanic).
Used of other similar substances from 18c. Slang for "gramophone record" is from 1932, American English (until the early 1940s, most original records were made by needle-etching onto a waxy disk which was then metal-plated to make a master). Waxworks "exhibition of wax figures representing famous or notorious persons" first recorded 1796.
wax (v.1)
"grow bigger or greater," Old English weaxan "to increase, grow" (class VII strong verb; past tense weox, past participle weaxen), from Proto-Germanic *wahsan (source also of Old Saxon, Old High German wahsan, Old Norse vaxa, Old Frisian waxa, Dutch wassen, German wachsen, Gothic wahsjan "to grow, increase"), from PIE *weg- (source also of Sanskrit vaksayati "cause to grow," Greek auxein "to increase"), extended form of root *aug- (1) "to increase." Strong conjugation archaic after 14c. Related: Waxed; waxing.
wax (v.2)
"to coat or cover with wax," late 14c., from wax (n.). Related: Waxed; waxing.
