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Where does “ovas” come from?

ovas (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic ovьsъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic awiź-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewiǵʰ-.

ovas (Serbo-Croatian): oat

Definitions

  1. oat

Ancestry of “ovas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicovьsъoats
2Proto-Balto-Slavicawiź-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewiǵʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewiǵʰ- →