ohso

See also: oh so

Old High German

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *ohsō.

Noun

ohso m

1. ox

Declension

Declension of ohso (masculine n-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	ohso	ohson, ohsun
accusative	ohson, ohsun	ohson, ohsun
genitive	ohsen, ohsin	ohsōno
dative	ohsen, ohsin	ohsōm, ohsōn

Descendants

• 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)

References

• Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “ohso”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎ (in German), 6th edition