Where does “oik” come from?

oik (Manx) comes from Old Irish oific, from Latin officium, from Latin opificium, from Latin opifex, from Latin Ops, from Latin oscen, from Latin opscen, from Latin ob- — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

oik (Manx): office

Definitions

office

Ancestry of “oik”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old Irish	oific	office
2	Latin	officium	duty, service; office; obligation, an obligatory...
3	Latin	opificium	work
4	Latin	opifex	Someone who does work ; worker, maker, framer,...
5	Latin	Ops	earth goddess, fertility deity
6	Latin	oscen	any bird by whose song cries augurs divined...
7	Latin	opscen	—
8	Latin	ob-	towards; against
9	Latin	obolus	obolus
10	Ancient Greek	ὀβολός	obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
11	Ancient Greek	ὀβελός	a spit, rod; a horizontal line
12	Ancient Greek	βέλος	missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
13	Proto-Indo-European	gʷélHos	—
14	Proto-Indo-European	gʷelH-	to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing

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