aurochs

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  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.

Konzepte

Auerochs

Urrind

Wildrind

Synonyme

Übersetzungen

Bos primigenius

βόνασος

ur

βουβάλι

aurochs européen

boeuf primitif

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈaʊɹɒks/
Etymologie (Englisch)

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.

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