See also bullock where the ock is diminutive. And possibly more directly related to ox than https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ox#Etymology_1 https://en.wiktionary

See also bullock where the ock is diminutive. And possibly more directly related to ox than https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ox#Etymology_1 https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ox#Etymology_1 suggests. > we rarely use kine for the plural of cow, Also possibly related, boelekijn from Middle Dutch.