anguia

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • angia

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂engʷʰ-der.
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Latin anguisinflu.
Latin anguīlla
Old Galician-Portuguese anguia

    Inherited from Latin anguīlla. Cognate with Old Spanish anguila.

    Noun

    anguia f (plural anguias)

    1. European eel
      • 1391, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, vol. 3, page 420:
        cada natal nos daredes das ditas erdades quinse duseas de boas anguias secas et salgadas
        each Christmas you'll give us, of that properties, fifteen dozens of good eels, dry and salted

    Descendants

    • Fala: anguia
    • Galician: anguía
    • Portuguese: enguia, enguila (Brazil, dialectal)

    References

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