ox
English
/ˈɑks/, /ˈɒks/
noun
Definitions
- An adult castrated male of cattle (Bos B. taurus).
- Any bovine animal (genus Bos). A neat, a beef.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English oxe inherited from Old English oxa (ox) inherited from Proto-Germanic *uhsô (ox) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn (bull, ox).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*uksḗn
Gloss
bull, ox
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Oxford English
- Oxfordesque English
- Oxfordian English
- Oxfordshire English
- Oxhey English
- bane English
- bird English
- blood English
- bow English
- butt English
- cart English
- eye English
- eyed English
- flesh English
- fly English
- ford English
- gang English
- goad English
- hay English
- head English
- heart English
- herd English
- hide English
- hind English
- land English
- ox-butt English
- oxbane English
- oxbird English
- oxblood English
- oxbow English
- oxcart English
- oxen English
- oxenkind English
- oxeye English
- oxeyed English
- oxflesh English
- oxfly English
- oxgang English
- oxgoad English
- oxhead English
- oxheart English
- oxherd English
- oxhide English
- oxhind English
- oxish English
- oxishly English
- oxland English
- oxless English
- oxlike English
- oxling English
- oxpecker English
- oxshoe English
- oxskin English
- oxtail English
- oxtongue English
- pecker English
- shoe English
- skin English
- tail English
- tongue English
- Grunzochse German
- Ochse German
- Ochsenauge German
- Ochsenzunge German
- Pfingstochse German
- buffelos Dutch, Flemish
- bulos Dutch, Flemish
- gildos Dutch, Flemish
- muskusos Dutch, Flemish
- os Dutch, Flemish
- ossenhuid Dutch, Flemish
- ossenkar Dutch, Flemish
- ossenwagen Dutch, Flemish
- ploegos Dutch, Flemish
- *uksḗn Proto-Indo-European
- Oxford Portuguese
- *uhsô Proto-Germanic
- オックスフォード Japanese
- Oxford Polish
- Oxanġehæġ Old English
- Oxnaford Old English
- oxa Old English
- उक्षन् Sanskrit
- Oxehey Middle English
- Oxenford Middle English
- ox tayll Middle English
- oxe Middle English
- oxeflesch Middle English
- oxegang Middle English
- oxen Middle English
- oxherd Middle English
- oxi Old Norse
- uxi Old Norse
- ऑक्सफ़ोर्ड Hindi
- ych Welsh
- osse Middle Dutch
- ohso Old High German
- ఉక్షము Telugu
- ochse Middle High German
- Ochs Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍃𐌰 Gothic
- *ohsō gmw-pro
- *osso Old Dutch
- osso Old Dutch
- *uksōn Proto-Celtic
- *uxsū Proto-Celtic
- oks Cimbrian
- *(H)ukṣā́ Proto-Indo-Aryan
- okse Western Frisian
- oxa Old Frisian
- ocks Mòcheno
- *uxī Proto-Brythonic
- aksen Abenaki
- akson Malecite-Passamaquoddy
- hay
- fly
- bow
- eye
- eyed
- goad
- cart
- gang
- hind
- skin
- hide
- bane
- tail
- bird
- butt
- head
- oxen
- herd
- shoe
- ford
- land
- oxbow
- Oxhey
- oxeye
- flesh
- blood
- oxfly
- heart
- oxish
- oxlike
- oxskin
- oxhind
- oxless
- Oxford
- oxbird
- oxtail
- oxhide
- oxshoe
- oxgoad
- oxeyed
- oxhead
- oxland
- oxcart
- oxling
- oxherd
- tongue
- oxbane
- oxgang
- pecker
- oxheart
- oxblood
- ox-butt
- oxflesh
- oxishly
- oxenkind
- oxpecker
- oxtongue
- Oxfordian
- Oxfordesque
- Oxfordshire