Where does “ou” come from?

ou (Sicilian) comes from Latin ovum, from Proto-Italic ōwom, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ōwyóm, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éwis — bird.

ou (Sicilian): egg

Definitions

  1. egg

Ancestry of “ou”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinovumegg
2Proto-Italicōwomegg
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ōwyómegg
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éwisbird
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éwis →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ōwyóm →Every word from Proto-Italic ōwom →