Where does “angerjas” come from?

angerjas (Estonian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic angurjas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂engʷʰuryos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éngʷʰis — snake.

angerjas (Estonian): eel

Definitions

  1. eel

Ancestry of “angerjas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavicangurjaseel
2Proto-Indo-European*h₂engʷʰuryos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éngʷʰissnake
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éngʷʰis →Every word from Proto-Indo-European *h₂engʷʰuryos →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic angurjas →
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