Reconstruction:Proto-Basque/angila

This Proto-Basque entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.
This Proto-Basque entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Proto-Basque

Etymology

Derived from Latin anguīlla (“eel”). Probably borrowed from an Iberian Romance vernacular, since the Latin term should have been borrowed into Proto-Basque as *angiLa, which would have yielded something akin to *aingila. Compare Spanish and Catalan anguila (as opposed to the expected *anguilla).

Noun

*angila

  1. eel

Descendants

  • Basque: aingira
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