Where does “ossenpikker” come from?

ossenpikker (Dutch) comes from English oxpecker, from English ox, from German Ochse, from Middle High German ohse, from Old High German ohso, from Proto-West Germanic ohsō, from Proto-Germanic uhsô, from Proto-Indo-European uksḗn.

ossenpikker (Dutch): oxpecker, bird of the family Buphagidae

Definitions

  1. oxpecker, bird of the family Buphagidae

Ancestry of “ossenpikker”, step by step

ossenpikker traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English oxpecker

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishoxpeckerEither of two species of passerine bird in the...
2EnglishoxAn adult castrated male of cattle; Any bovine...
3GermanOchseox
4Middle High Germanohseox
5Old High Germanohsoox
6Proto-West Germanicohsōox
7Proto-Germanicuhsôox
8Proto-Indo-Europeanuksḗnbull
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ug-s-ḗn—

via Dutch os

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchosox
2Middle Dutchosse—
3Old Dutchossoox

via Dutch pikken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchpikkento peck (as with a bird's beak), hammer
2Middle Dutchpickento pick, peck, pierce
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-s-ḗn →