Where does “oxpecker” come from?

oxpecker (English) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-s-ḗn.

oxpecker (English): Either of two species of passerine bird in the...

Definitions

  1. Either of two species of passerine bird in the...

Ancestry of “oxpecker”, step by step

oxpecker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ox

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

via English pecker

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpeckerSomeone who or something that pecks, striking or...
2Middle Englishpekker—

Words derived from “oxpecker”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-s-ḗn →