Where does “anguilla” come from?

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

anguilla (Italian): eel

Definitions

  1. eel

Ancestry of “anguilla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinanguillaeel; small snake; vocative singular of anguilla
2Proto-Italic*anɣʷissnake
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éngʷʰissnake

Words derived from “anguilla”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éngʷʰis →Every word from Proto-Italic *anɣʷis →Every word from Latin anguilla →