Where does “oveja” come from?

oveja (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish oueja, from Latin ovicula, from Latin ovis, from Proto-Italic owis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ówis — sheep.

oveja (Spanish): sheep

Definitions

  1. sheep

Ancestry of “oveja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishouejasheep, ewe
2LatinoviculaDiminutive of ovis; little sheep; little sheep
3Latinovissheep; dative/ablative plural of ōvum
4Proto-Italicowissheep
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ówissheep

Words derived from “oveja

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ówisEvery word from Proto-Italic owisEvery word from Latin ovis