Where does “unghie” come from?

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

unghie (Romanian): nail, fingernail, toenail

Definitions

  1. nail, fingernail, toenail

Ancestry of “unghie”, step by step

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

Words derived from “unghie”

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