Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ohsō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

    From Proto-Germanic *uhsô, from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn.

    Noun

    *ohsō m

    1. ox

    Inflection

    While not shown in the below table, the plural forms preserve the zero-grade forms of the suffix (attested in Anglo-Frisian).

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

    Descendants

    • 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
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