Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAn adult castrated male of cattle (B. taurus), especially when used as a beast of burden. · Any bovine animal (genus Bos).
From Middle English oxe, from Old English oxa, from Proto-West Germanic *ohsō, from Proto-Germanic *uhsô (compare West Frisian okse, Dutch os, German Ochse), from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn. Cognate with Welsh ych (“ox”), Tocharian A ops, Tocharian B okso (“draft-ox”), Avestan 𐬎𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬥 (uxšan, “bull”), Sanskrit उ॒क्षन् (ukṣán).
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These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionoxeenm
- Inherited-form mentionoxaang
- Inherited-form mention*ohsōgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*uhsôgem-pro
- Cognate mentionoksefy
- Cognate mentionosnl
- Cognate mentionOchsede
- Inherited-form mention*uksḗnine-pro
- Cognate mentionychcy · ox
- Cognate mentionopsxto
- Cognate mentionoksotxb · draft-ox
- Cognate mention𐬎𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬥ae · bull
- Cognate mentionउ॒क्षन्sa
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