Where does “nghidda” come from?
nghidda (Sicilian) comes from Latin anguilla, from Proto-Italic *anɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éngʷʰis — snake.
nghidda (Sicilian): eel
Ancestry of “nghidda”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | anguilla | eel; small snake; vocative singular of anguilla |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | *anɣʷis | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éngʷʰis | snake |