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Root

nyanga

horn, antler; animal horn used as a trumpet

English from PIE bend matched by Shona nyanga horn

Confidence
60/100
Root language
Shona
Descent begins
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The consensus position

English is from Old English Englisc ‘of the Angles’, from Engle ‘Angles’, from Latin Anglii likely referring to Angeln; the ethnonym is often linked to Proto-Germanic *angulō- ‘hook’ from PIE *h2enk- ‘bend, hook’.

The working behind this.

The full descent — 10 links from the attested form down to the root — the segment-by-segment correspondences, the phonological breakdown and the case for the derivation are behind an account.

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