Where does “oxanhierde” come from?

oxanhierde (Old English) comes from Old English hierde, from Proto-West Germanic hirdī, from Proto-Germanic hirdijaz, from Proto-Germanic herdō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱerdʰ- — herd, row; file, row, herd.

oxanhierde (Old English): oxherd

Definitions

  1. oxherd

Ancestry of “oxanhierde”, step by step

oxanhierde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English hierde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhierdeherdsman; guardian, keeper, protector
2Proto-West Germanichirdīherdsman, herder
3Proto-Germanichirdijazherder, herdsman
4Proto-Germanicherdōherd
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerdʰ-herd, row; file, row, herd

via Old English oxa

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

Words derived from “oxanhierde”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱerdʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic herdō →Every word from Proto-Germanic hirdijaz →