Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*h₂ówis
3 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis, most common first.
- eweA female sheep, as opposed to a ram.
- ovineOf, being, pertaining to, or resembling a sheep; also, (not comparable) of an animal: from the genus Ovis.
- ovicultureThe rearing and care of sheep.