Where does “angi” come from?

angi (Mauritian Creole) comes from French anguille, from Old French anguille, from Latin anguilla, from Proto-Italic *anɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éngʷʰis — snake.

angi (Mauritian Creole): eel

Definitions

  1. eel

Ancestry of “angi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchanguilleeel
2Old Frenchanguilleeel
3Latinanguillaeel; small snake; vocative singular of anguilla
4Proto-Italic*anɣʷissnake
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éngʷʰissnake
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éngʷʰis →Every word from Proto-Italic *anɣʷis →Every word from Latin anguilla →