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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/uhsô

This Proto-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-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.

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

  • 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
  • Old Norse: oxi, uxi
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍃𐌰 (auhsa)
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