Where does “ove-” come from?

ove- (Finnish) comes from Latin ovis, from Proto-Italic owis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ówis — sheep.

Ancestry of “ove-”, step by step

ove- traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin ovis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinovissheep; dative/ablative plural of ōvum
2Proto-Italicowissheep
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ówissheep

via Hungarian öv

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianövbelt
2Proto-Uralicuwastream

Words derived from “ove-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ówis →Every word from Proto-Italic owis →Every word from Latin ovis →