Where does “Oxehey” come from?

Oxehey (Middle English) comes from Old English Oxanġehæġ, from Old English oxa, from Proto-West Germanic ohsō, from Proto-Germanic uhsô, from Proto-Indo-European uksḗn, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-s-ḗn.

Ancestry of “Oxehey”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishOxanġehæġOxhey, England
2Old Englishoxaox
3Proto-West Germanicohsōox
4Proto-Germanicuhsôox
5Proto-Indo-Europeanuksḗnbull
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ug-s-ḗn

Words derived from “Oxehey

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-s-ḗnEvery word from Proto-Indo-European uksḗnEvery word from Proto-Germanic uhsô
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