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

Definitions

  1. Diminutive of oaie

Ancestry of “oiță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianoaiesheep; ewe, female sheep
2Latinovemaccusative singular of ovis; first-person...
3Proto-Italicowissheep
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ówissheep

Words derived from “oiță”

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