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

Definitions

  1. egg

Ancestry of “vóvo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Venetianóvoegg
2Latinovumegg
3Proto-Italicōwomegg
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ōwyómegg
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éwisbird
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éwis →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ōwyóm →Every word from Proto-Italic ōwom →