Where does “oxan tægl” come from?

oxan tægl (Old English) comes from Old English oxan, 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.

oxan tægl (Old English): oxtail

Definitions

  1. oxtail

Ancestry of “oxan tægl”, step by step

oxan tægl traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English oxan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishoxaninflection of oxa: ## nominative plural ##...
2Old Englishoxaox
3Proto-West Germanicohsōox
4Proto-Germanicuhsôox
5Proto-Indo-Europeanuksḗnbull
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ug-s-ḗn—

via Old English tæġl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtæġltail
2Proto-Germanictagląhair; ponytail; hair of a tail; tail
3Proto-Indo-Europeandoḱ-hair of the tail
4Proto-Indo-Europeandeḱ-take; perceive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-s-ḗn →Every word from Proto-Indo-European uksḗn →Every word from Proto-Germanic uhsô →
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