Where does “Anguila” come from?

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

Anguila (Spanish): eel

Definitions

  1. eel

Ancestry of “Anguila”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishanguilaeel
2Latinanguillaeel; small snake; vocative singular of anguilla
3Proto-Italic*anɣʷissnake
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éngʷʰissnake

Words derived from “Anguila”

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