Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/uhsô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn (“bull”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈux.sɔːː/

Noun

*uhsô m

1. ox

Inflection

The plural forms preserve the zero-grade forms of the suffix. The dative plural form was apparently taken from the a-stems.

Declension of *uhsô (masculine an-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*uhsô	*uhsniz
vocative	*uhsô	*uhsniz
accusative	*uhsanų	*uhsnuz
genitive	*uhsniz	*uhsnǫ̂
dative	*uhsni	*uhsnamaz
instrumental	*uhsnē	*uhsnamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *ohsō
  • Old English: oxa
    • Middle English: oxe, hox, nox, occe, ocxe, okse, ox, oxhe, oxse
      • English: ox (see there for further descendants)
      • Middle Scots: ox, hox, oix, oxe, oxx
        • Scots: ouse (either from Middle Scots *owse or rebuilt on the plural owsyn)
  • Old Frisian: oxa
    • North Frisian: Aus, oxse
    • West Frisian: okse
    • Saterland Frisian: Okse
  • Old Saxon: *ohso
    • Middle Low German: osce, ochse, osse
      • German Low German: Osse, Oss
      • Plautdietsch: Oss
  • Old Dutch: osso
    • Middle Dutch: osse
      • Dutch: os
        • Afrikaans: os
        • Negerhollands: os
  • Old High German: ohso
    • Middle High German: ohse, ochse, osse, ox
      • Bavarian:
        • Cimbrian: oks
        • Mòcheno: ocks
      • German: Ochse, Ochs (regional or poetic)
        • → Luxembourgish: Ochs
      • Central Franconian: Ohs
        • Hunsrik: Ochs
        • Luxembourgish: Uess
      • Yiddish: אָקס (oks)
• Old Norse: oxi, uxi
  • Icelandic: oxi, uxi
  • Faroese: oksi
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: okse, ukse
  • Old Swedish: oxe, uxe
    • Swedish: oxe
  • Old Danish: oxæ, uxæ
    • Danish: okse
      • Norwegian Bokmål: okse
  • Scanian: oğse
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍃𐌰 (auhsa)
• → Proto-Samic: *vuoksā (see there for further descendants)