ungula
Latin
noun
Definitions
- hoof, claw
- (figuratively) a horse
- an aromatic spice
Etymology
Affix from Latin unguis (hoof, claw, nail, fingernail, talon) root from Proto-Indo-European *h₃negʰ- (nail).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₃negʰ-
Gloss
nail
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
爪
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ungual English
- unguis English
- ungula English
- ungulate English
- ungulous English
- *ungla Latin
- unguis Latin
- ungulatus Latin
- unguligradus Latin
- ungulātus Latin
- ugna Italian
- unghia Italian
- ongle French
- pintaúñas Spanish, Castilian
- uña Spanish, Castilian
- uñeta Spanish, Castilian
- uñoso Spanish, Castilian
- ὄνυξ Ancient Greek
- *gʰredʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂enǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃negʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃nogʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- ungulado Portuguese
- unha Portuguese
- *naglaz Proto-Germanic
- नख Sanskrit
- *noga Proto-Slavic
- *nogъtь Proto-Slavic
- ungo Esperanto
- ungla Catalan, Valencian
- ungulado Galician
- unlla Galician
- uña Galician
- unghie Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- unlla Old Portuguese
- unlla, unna Old Portuguese
- *angʷīnā Proto-Celtic
- *Hnā́kš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- unglji Aromanian
- ongla Occitan
- ungla Occitan
- *ungus Proto-Italic
- ungla Romansh
- ùngla Romansh
- uña Asturian
- ongule Friulian
- ugna Sicilian
- óngia Ligurian
- jongla Dalmatian
- unha Kabuverdianu
- ongue Walloon
- ogna Neapolitan
- ongla Franco-Provençal
- *mekwā Proto-Tocharian
- unghie Tarantino