Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ohsō

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *uhsô.

Noun

*ohsō m

ox

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ohsō
Genitive	*ohsini
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ohsō	*ohsan
Accusative	*ohsan	*ohsan
Genitive	*ohsini	*ohsanō
Dative	*ohsini	*ohsum
Instrumental	*ohsini	*ohsum

Descendants

Old English: oxa
- Middle English: oxe, ox, oxhe, hox, nox, ocxe, occe
  - English: ox
    - → Abenaki: aksen (via "oxen")
    - → Malecite-Passamaquoddy: akson (via "oxen")
    - → Unami: aksën (via "oxen")
  - 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
Old High German: ohso
- Middle High German: ohse, ochse, osse, ox
  - German: Ochse
    - → Luxembourgish: Ochs
  - Central Franconian: Ohs
  - Luxembourgish: Uess
  - Yiddish: אָקס‎ (oks)