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Where does “Ανγκουίλα” come from?

Ανγκουίλα (Greek) comes from English anguilla, from Latin anguilla, from Proto-Italic *anɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éngʷʰis — snake.

Ancestry of “Ανγκουίλα”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishanguilla—
2Latinanguillaeel; small snake; vocative singular of anguilla
3Proto-Italic*anɣʷis—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éngʷʰissnake
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