Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/angurjás

This Proto-Balto-Slavic 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.

Proto-Balto-Slavic

Alternative forms

  • *angarjás

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂engʷʰ-r̥-yós, *h₂engʷʰ-or-yós (literally “snake-like, serpentine > eel”), from *h₂éngʷʰis (“snake”).

Noun

*angurjás m

  1. eel

Derived terms

nouns
  • *angurītjas m (“little eel”)

Descendants

  • Proto-Baltic:
    • East Baltic:
      • Old Lithuanian: ungurỹs, uñguris
        • Lithuanian: ungurỹs, uñguris; ungarỹs, ungerỹs, uñgeris (dialectal)
        • Samogitian: ongorīs
    • West Baltic:
    • → Proto-Finnic: *ankërijas (“eel”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Slavic: *ǫgъřь, *ǫgořь (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

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