Where does “angula” come from?

angula (Spanish) comes from Basque angula, from Latin anguilla, from Proto-Italic *anɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éngʷʰis — snake.

angula (Spanish): elver, baby eel

Definitions

  1. elver, baby eel

Ancestry of “angula”, step by step

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