English word ox comes from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn (Bull.), Icelandic jötun-
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*uksḗn | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | Bull. |
jötun- | Icelandic (isl) | |
*uhsô | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | Ox. |
oxa | Old English (ang) | Ox. |
ox | English (en) | An adult castrated male of cattle (B. taurus).. Any bovine animal (genus Bos). A neat, a beef. |