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.

Noun

*ohsō m

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
    - → Luxembourgish: Ochs
  - Central Franconian: Ohs
  - Luxembourgish: Uess
  - Yiddish: אָקס (oks)

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