Where does “ūrochse” come from?

ūrochse (Middle High German) comes from Old High German ūrohso, 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.

ūrochse (Middle High German): aurochs

Definitions

  1. aurochs

Ancestry of “ūrochse”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ūrochse”

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