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

ox

Inflection

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

masculine an-stemDeclension 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)
    - Scots: ox
- 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
      - → Luxembourgish: Ochs
    - Central Franconian: Ohs
    - Luxembourgish: Uess
    - Yiddish: אָקס‎ (oks)
Old Norse: oxi, uxi
- Icelandic: oxi, uxi
- Faroese: oksi
- Norwegian Nynorsk: okse, ukse
- Norwegian Bokmål: okse
- Old Swedish: oxe, uxe
  - Swedish: oxe
- Old Danish: oxæ, uxæ
  - Danish: okse
- Scanian: oğse
Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍃𐌰 (auhsa)