Norwegian Bokmål ab ovo

← Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- (root)

← Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis (mention)

← Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- (mention)

← Proto-Italic *ab (derived)

← Proto-Italic *ōwom (derived)

← Latin [[ab]] [[ōvō]] (learned borrowing)

← Latin ab (derived)

← Latin ōvō (borrowed)

← Latin ōvum (mention)