Where does “unagi” come from?

unagi (English) comes from Japanese 鰻, from Old Japanese むなぎ, from Proto-Japonic unanki — eel.

unagi (English): A type of sushi made from freshwater eel

Definitions

  1. A type of sushi made from freshwater eel

Ancestry of “unagi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鰻an eel; eel, especially the Japanese eel;...
2Old Japaneseむなぎ—
3Proto-Japonicunankieel
Every word from Proto-Japonic unanki →Every word from Old Japanese むなぎ →Every word from Japanese 鰻 →