Where does “ossenhuid” come from?
ossenhuid (Dutch) comes from Dutch os, from Middle Dutch osse, from Old Dutch osso, from Proto-West Germanic ohsō, from Proto-Germanic uhsô, from Proto-Indo-European uksḗn, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-s-ḗn.
ossenhuid (Dutch): oxhide
Ancestry of “ossenhuid”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | os | ox |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | osse | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | osso | ox |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | ohsō | ox |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | uhsô | ox |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | uksḗn | bull |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ug-s-ḗn | — |