Where does “oier” come from?
oier (Romanian) comes from Latin oviārius, from Latin ovis, from Proto-Italic owis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ówis — sheep.
oier (Romanian): shepherd, sheepherder
Ancestry of “oier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | oviārius | — |
| 2 | Latin | ovis | sheep; dative/ablative plural of ōvum |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | owis | sheep |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ówis | sheep |