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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *uhsô, from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn.
Noun
*ohsō m
- ox
Inflection
While not shown in the below table, the plural forms preserve the zero-grade forms of the suffix (attested in Anglo-Frisian).
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*ohsō
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| Genitive
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*ohsini, *ohsan
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*ohsō
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*ohsan
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| Accusative
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*ohsan
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*ohsan
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| Genitive
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*ohsini, *ohsan
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*ohsanō
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| Dative
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*ohsini, *ohsan
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*ohsum
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| Instrumental
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*ohsini, *ohsan
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*ohsum
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Descendants
- Old English: oxa
- Middle English: oxe, hox, nox, occe, ocxe, okse, ox, oxhe, oxse
- English: ox (see there for further descendants)
- Middle Scots: ox, hox, oix, oxe, oxx
- Scots: ouse (either from Middle Scots *owse or rebuilt on the plural owsyn)
- 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