Where does “ovis” come from?

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

ovis (Latin): sheep; dative/ablative plural of ōvum

Definitions

  1. sheep; dative/ablative plural of ōvum

Ancestry of “ovis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicowissheep
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ówissheep

Words derived from “ovis”

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