Etymology

oxhide

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Today it means: The skin (hide) of an ox. Full definition →

English hide ← Middle English hyde ← Old English hȳd
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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. Proto-Germanic*hūdiz
  8. Proto-West Germanic*hūdi
  9. Old Englishhȳd
  10. Middle Englishhyde
  11. Englishhide
  12. English todayoxhide

From ox + hide.

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