oveylla

Old Catalan

Alternative forms

• oveila, ovela, oveya, hoveila, hovela, hovella, auvella, euveya, obella

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ovicula, diminutive of Latin ovis.

Noun

oveylla f

1. sheep

Descendants

• Catalan: ovella, oveia, auvella, ouvella, auveia, auvea, aovella, uella, güella, auella, avolla, avoia, voia (from Vulgar Latin *ovuc(u)la)

References

• “ovella” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.