Where does “oova” come from?

oova (Hopi) comes from Spanish uva, from Latin uva, from Proto-Italic *oiwā.

oova (Hopi): wedding robe

Definitions

  1. wedding robe

Ancestry of “oova”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishuvagrape
2Latinuvagrape; ablative singular of ūva
3Proto-Italic*oiwā—
Every word from Proto-Italic *oiwā →Every word from Latin uva →Every word from Spanish uva →
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