Etymology

oxbow

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Today it means: A U-shaped piece of wood used as a collar for an ox, the upper parts of which are fastened to its yoke. Full definition →

English bow ← Middle English oxe ← Old English oxa
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*uksḗn
  2. Proto-Germanic*uhsô
  3. Proto-West Germanic*ohsō
  4. Old Englishoxa
  5. Middle Englishoxe
  6. Englishox
  7. Englishbow
  8. English todayoxbow

From ox + bow.

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