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Where does “أنقليس” come from?

أنقليس (Hijazi Arabic) comes from Classical Syriac [[ܐܢܩܗܠܝܣ]] / [[ܐܢܩܠܣܐ]] / [[ܐܢܩܠܝܣ]], from Ancient Greek ἔγχελυς, from Proto-Indo-European h₂engʷʰ- — water-worm, eel.

أنقليس (Hijazi Arabic): eel

Definitions

  1. eel

Ancestry of “أنقليس”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Syriac[[ܐܢܩܗܠܝܣ]] / [[ܐܢܩܠܣܐ]] / [[ܐܢܩܠܝܣ]]—
2Ancient Greekἔγχελυςeel
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂engʷʰ-water-worm, eel
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