Where does “anguilla” come from?

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

anguilla (Latin): eel; small snake; vocative singular of anguilla

Definitions

  1. eel; small snake; vocative singular of anguilla

Ancestry of “anguilla”, step by step

anguilla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Italic *anɣʷis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic*anɣʷissnake
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éngʷʰissnake

via Proto-Indo-European h₂engʷʰ-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂engʷʰ-water-worm, eel

Words derived from “anguilla”

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