Where does “oveja” come from?

oveja (Ladino) comes from Old Spanish oueja, from Latin ovicula, from Latin ovis, from Proto-Italic owis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ówis — sheep.

oveja (Ladino): ewe, sheep

Definitions

  1. ewe, sheep

Ancestry of “oveja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishouejasheep, ewe
2LatinoviculaDiminutive of ovis; little sheep; little sheep
3Latinovissheep; dative/ablative plural of ōvum
4Proto-Italicowissheep
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ówissheep
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ówis →Every word from Proto-Italic owis →Every word from Latin ovis →
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