aurochs

Betekenis (Engels)

1. An extinct European mammal, Bos primigenius, the ancestor of domestic cattle.
2. The European bison (Bos bonasus, or Europæus).

auroch

Alternative form of aurochs.

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Sinonieme

urus

wisent

Bos primigenius

Bison bonasus

bison

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wild ox

cattle

buffalo

Vertalings

aurochs

uro

Auerochse

auroque

oeros

uro

Ur

Bos primigenius

βόνασος

bison

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Auerochs

ur

urus

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈaʊɹɒks/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Old English: ūr

Verwante met Old Norse: úrr

Verwante met Middle Low German: ūrosse

Verwante met Old English: oxa

In summary

Borrowed from German Aurochs, an early variant of Auerochse, from Middle High German ūrochse (“aurochs”), from Old High German ūrohso (“aurochs”), a compound consisting of ūro (“aurochs”) (from Proto-Germanic *ūraz, *ūrô (“aurochs”)) + ohso (“ox”). Akin to Old English ūr (“aurochs”), Old Norse úrr (“aurochs”), Middle Low German ūrosse (“aurochs”), Old English oxa (“ox”). More at ox.