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

Definitions

  1. shepherd, sheepherder

Ancestry of “oier”, step by step

oier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin oviārius

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinoviārius—
2Latinovissheep; dative/ablative plural of ōvum
3Proto-Italicowissheep
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ówissheep

via Chinese OI

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ChineseOI—

Words derived from “oier”

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