Where does “ūrohso” come from?

ūrohso (Old 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.

ūrohso (Old High German): aurochs

Definitions

  1. aurochs

Ancestry of “ūrohso”, step by step

ūrohso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old High German ohso

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

via Old High German ūro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanūroaurochs
2Proto-Germanicūrazaurochs
3Proto-Indo-Europeanūsr-aurochs; buffalo

Words derived from “ūrohso”

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