okshoofd

== Dutch == === Alternative forms === (all obsolete) okshooft, oxhoofd, oxhooft, ockshoofd, ockshooft === Etymology === From Middle Dutch ocxhooft (first attested in 1475), a partial calque of Middle English hoggeshed (see hoofd), with loss of initial h-; *oks is not a Dutch word. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔks.ɦoːft/ === Noun === okshoofd n (plural okshoofden, diminutive okshoofdje n) (historical) hogshead (measure of volume) ==== Descendants ==== → Swedish: oxhuvud (calque) === References === van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “okshoofd”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute === Further reading === okshoofd on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl