Where does “anguiló” come from?

anguiló (Catalan) comes from Catalan anguila, from Latin anguilla, from Proto-Italic *anɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éngʷʰis — snake.

anguiló (Catalan): elver

Definitions

  1. elver

Ancestry of “anguiló”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalananguilaeel
2Latinanguillaeel; small snake; vocative singular of anguilla
3Proto-Italic*anɣʷissnake
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éngʷʰissnake
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éngʷʰis →Every word from Proto-Italic *anɣʷis →Every word from Latin anguilla →