Where does “vóvo” come from?
vóvo (Venetian) comes from Venetian óvo, from Latin ovum, from Proto-Italic ōwom, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ōwyóm, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éwis — bird.
vóvo (Venetian): egg
Ancestry of “vóvo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Venetian | óvo | egg |
| 2 | Latin | ovum | egg |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | ōwom | egg |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ōwyóm | egg |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éwis | bird |