English

Oxenham

Oxenham comes from Old English oxna.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of oxa ‘ox’ + hām ‘farm’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂weks- ‘to become strong’

Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn ‘bull’

Proto-Germanic *uhsô ‘ox’

Proto-West Germanic *ohsō ‘ox’

Old English oxa ‘ox’

Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- ‘to settle, dwell’

Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- ‘to be lying down, to settle’

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos ‘village, home’

Proto-Germanic *haimaz ‘home’

Proto-West Germanic *haim ‘home’

Old English hām ‘farm’

Every English word from Old English oxna

name A habitational surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.