Where does “oierit” come from?

oierit (Romanian) comes from Romanian oier, from Latin oviārius, from Latin ovis, from Proto-Italic owis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ówis — sheep.

oierit (Romanian): shepherdship

Definitions

  1. shepherdship

Ancestry of “oierit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianoiershepherd, sheepherder
2Latinoviārius—
3Latinovissheep; dative/ablative plural of ōvum
4Proto-Italicowissheep
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ówissheep
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ówis →Every word from Proto-Italic owis →Every word from Latin ovis →
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