Where does “ohse” come from?

ohse (Middle High German) comes 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.

ohse (Middle High German): ox

Definitions

  1. ox

Ancestry of “ohse”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ohse”

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