Where does “Ochs” come from?

Ochs (Luxembourgish) 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.

Ochs (Luxembourgish): ox

Definitions

  1. ox

Ancestry of “Ochs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanOchseox
2Middle High Germanohseox
3Old High Germanohsoox
4Proto-West Germanicohsōox
5Proto-Germanicuhsôox
6Proto-Indo-Europeanuksḗnbull
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ug-s-ḗn—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-s-ḗn →