Where does “onglle” come from?

onglle (Franco-Provençal) comes from Latin ungula, from Latin unguis, from Proto-Indo-European h₃negʰ- — nail.

onglle (Franco-Provençal): fingernail

Definitions

  1. fingernail

Ancestry of “onglle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinungulahoof, claw; a horse; an aromatic spice
2Latinunguisfingernail, toenail; claw; hoof
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃negʰ-nail
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃negʰ- →