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Where does “oxa” come from?

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

Ancestry of “oxa”, step by step

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

Words derived from “oxa”

  • okse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-s-ḗn →