Where does “mugginara” come from?

mugginara (Italian) comes from Italian muggine, from Vulgar Latin *mūgō, from Latin mugil, from Proto-Indo-European mew-k- — slimy, slippery; slip, slime.

mugginara (Italian): a gillnet used to fish mullets

Definitions

  1. a gillnet used to fish mullets

Ancestry of “mugginara”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmugginemullet
2Vulgar Latin*mūgō—
3Latinmugilmullet
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-k-slimy, slippery; slip, slime
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mew-k- →Every word from Latin mugil →Every word from Vulgar Latin *mūgō →