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.

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
  • Middle High German: ohse, ochse, osse, ox
    • Bavarian:
      • Cimbrian: oks
      • Mòcheno: ocks
    • German: Ochse, Ochs (regional or poetic)
      • → Luxembourgish: Ochs
    • Central Franconian: Ohs
      • Hunsrik: Ochs
      • Luxembourgish: Uess
    • Yiddish: אָקס (oks)