Where does “öküz” come from?

öküz (Turkmen) comes from Proto-Turkic öküŕ, from Proto-Tocharian wəkʷsó, from Proto-Indo-European uksḗn, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-s-ḗn.

öküz (Turkmen): ox

Definitions

  1. ox

Ancestry of “öküz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicöküŕox, bull
2Proto-Tocharianwəkʷsódraft-ox
3Proto-Indo-Europeanuksḗnbull
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ug-s-ḗn—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-s-ḗn →Every word from Proto-Indo-European uksḗn →Every word from Proto-Tocharian wəkʷsó →