Where does “ouveya” come from?

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

ouveya (Leonese): sheep

Definitions

  1. sheep

Ancestry of “ouveya”, step by step

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