Where does “oiță” come from?
oiță (Romanian) comes from Romanian oaie, from Latin ovem, from Proto-Italic owis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ówis — sheep.
oiță (Romanian): Diminutive of oaie
Ancestry of “oiță”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | oaie | sheep; ewe, female sheep |
| 2 | Latin | ovem | accusative singular of ovis; first-person... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | owis | sheep |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ówis | sheep |