Where does “unghia” come from?

unghia (Italian) comes from Vulgar Latin ungla, from Latin ungula, from Latin unguis, from Proto-Indo-European h₃negʰ- — nail.

unghia (Italian): nail, claw

Definitions

  1. nail, claw

Ancestry of “unghia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinungla—
2Latinungulahoof, claw; a horse; an aromatic spice
3Latinunguisfingernail, toenail; claw; hoof
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃negʰ-nail

Words derived from “unghia”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃negʰ- →Every word from Latin unguis →Every word from Latin ungula →