Where does “uña” come from?

uña (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese unlla, from Vulgar Latin ungla, from Latin ungula, from Latin unguis, from Proto-Indo-European h₃negʰ- — nail.

uña (Galician): nail, fingernail, toenail; claw, hoof; spoor

Definitions

  1. nail, fingernail, toenail; claw, hoof; spoor

Ancestry of “uña”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old PortugueseunllaAlternative form of unna
2Vulgar Latinungla—
3Latinungulahoof, claw; a horse; an aromatic spice
4Latinunguisfingernail, toenail; claw; hoof
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃negʰ-nail
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃negʰ- →Every word from Latin unguis →Every word from Latin ungula →