Where does “Ochsenauge” come from?

Ochsenauge (German) comes 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.

Ochsenauge (German): fried egg; oxeye daisy

Definitions

  1. fried egg; oxeye daisy

Ancestry of “Ochsenauge”, step by step

Ochsenauge traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Ochse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanOchseox
2Middle High Germanohseox
3Old High Germanohsoox
4Proto-West Germanicohsōox
5Proto-Germanicuhsôox
6Proto-Indo-Europeanuksḗnbull
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ug-s-ḗn—

via German auge

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanaugeeye
2Middle High Germanougeeye
3Old High Germanougaeye
4Proto-West Germanicaugāeye
5Proto-Germanicaugôeye
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ekʷ-to see; eye
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-s-ḗn →Every word from Proto-Indo-European uksḗn →Every word from Proto-Germanic uhsô →