Where does “anguille” come from?

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

anguille (Italian): plural of anguilla

Definitions

  1. plural of anguilla

Ancestry of “anguille”, step by step

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