ἔγχελυς

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₂engʷʰ- (water-worm, eel). Cognate with Latin anguilla (eel), Old High German angar (mealworm, larva, grub) (Modern German Engerling), Russian у́горь (úgorʹ), Lithuanian ungurỹs.

Influenced by ἔχις (ékhis, snake), in a same way Latin anguilla (eel) was influenced by anguis (snake), but unfortunately no Indo-European form can be reconstructed due to similar changes in other daughter languages, commonly attributed to a taboo. Cognate with Old Prussian angurgis and Albanian ngjalë. Compare Finnish ankerias (a Baltic loan).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ἔγχελῠς (énkhelusf (genitive ἐγχέλῠος); third declension

  1. eel

Inflection

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Derived terms

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