Where does “okso” come from?

okso (Esperanto) 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.

okso (Esperanto): ox

Definitions

  1. ox

Ancestry of “okso”, step by step

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—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-s-ḗn →Every word from Proto-Indo-European uksḗn →Every word from Proto-Germanic uhsô →