Where does “Oita” come from?
Oita (English) comes from Romanian oiță, from Romanian oaie, from Latin ovem, from Proto-Italic owis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ówis — sheep.
Ancestry of “Oita”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | oiță | Diminutive of oaie |
| 2 | Romanian | oaie | sheep; ewe, female sheep |
| 3 | Latin | ovem | accusative singular of ovis; first-person... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | owis | sheep |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ówis | sheep |