Where does “ugna” come from?

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

ugna (Sicilian): nail; few

Definitions

  1. nail; few

Ancestry of “ugna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinungla—
2Latinungulahoof, claw; a horse; an aromatic spice
3Latinunguisfingernail, toenail; claw; hoof
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃negʰ-nail
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃negʰ- →Every word from Latin unguis →Every word from Latin ungula →