Reconstruction:Proto-Basque/angila
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Proto-Basque
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]*angila
Descendants
[edit]- Basque: aingira