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Where does “anguillaia” come from?

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

anguillaia (Italian): eel farm or pond

Definitions

  1. eel farm or pond

Ancestry of “anguillaia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiananguillaeel
2Latinanguillaeel; small snake; vocative singular of anguilla
3Proto-Italic*anɣʷis—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éngʷʰissnake
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éngʷʰis →