Where does “ploegos” come from?

ploegos (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.

ploegos (Dutch): An ox used to pull a plow

Definitions

  1. An ox used to pull a plow

Ancestry of “ploegos”, step by step

ploegos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch os

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchosox
2Middle Dutchosse
3Old Dutchossoox
4Proto-West Germanicohsōox
5Proto-Germanicuhsôox
6Proto-Indo-Europeanuksḗnbull
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ug-s-ḗn

via Dutch ploeg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchploegteam; crew; plough; coulter
2Middle Dutchploechplough; team
3Old Dutchpluog
4Proto-Germanicplōgazplough
5Proto-Celticɸlowyosrudder
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplówyosship
7Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-s-ḗn
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