Where does “uiar” come from?

uiar (Aromanian) comes from Aromanian oai, from Latin ovem, from Proto-Italic owis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ówis — sheep.

uiar (Aromanian): shepherd, sheepherder

Definitions

  1. shepherd, sheepherder

Ancestry of “uiar”, step by step

uiar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Aromanian oai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Aromanianoaisheep; ewe
2Latinovemaccusative singular of ovis; first-person...
3Proto-Italicowissheep
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ówissheep

via Latin oviārius

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinoviārius—
2Latinovissheep; dative/ablative plural of ōvum
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ówis →Every word from Proto-Italic owis →Every word from Latin ovem →
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