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Ital. | aquila et var. | eagle. No relation to Lat. aquilo "north wind", the |
one bringing rain (aqua). Lat. aquilus "dark" owns its name to the same clouds.
H.Pyr. guilera "repaire d'aigle" is a folk etym. as well as in the French nidd'aigle "a high place", the root of which being guil "summit", Gasc. and French Switz. guillet id. ð4.2.11.3. |
Ital. | Aquila | locality in the Abruzze and the Val Mesocco (GR) |
Lat. | Aquilo | a river in the Apuglie |
Ital.: Sic. | acula, yecula | large bird of prey |
Anc.Greek | akyleis | (borrow. from Italo-Romance) large bird of prey |
Ital.: Sard. | achili | large bird of prey; Sard. (Sass.) abili id. |
Span. | águila et var. | large bird of prey |
Arabic (liter.). | gaguila, quáguile | (borrow. from Romance) large bird of prey |
Cat. | áliga | (metath.) large bird of prey (Cat. águila is a literary borrowing) |
Span. | aguilón | shaft of a crane |
Ital.: Gen. | agugia | large bird of prey; Ven. (a.litt.) agoia id. |
Port. | aguia, aigla | large bird of prey |
Port. | aguieiro | main girder. Gr. aetós "ridge of roof, fronton of a building " is the translation of a Romance name meaning "axis" of "summit" but understood "eagle" |
Ital.: Friuli, Posch. | aigul | bird of prey |
Ital.: Piem. | agola | id. |
Ital.: Montello | àolo | "bird" |
Franç.: VD | Aigle | a locality situated in the passage axis towards the Rhone valley. Other toponyms in Rolland, vol. 9: 1-2 |
Franç. | aigle et var. | large bird of prey |
Prov.(a.litt.) | aigla | (borrowing) large bird of prey |
Engl. | eagle | (Romance influx) large bird of prey |
Germ.: VS | egili | (Romance residue) eagle |
Prov. | eiglas | eagle |
Anc.Greek | aglaso | eagle (borrow. from Provençal: the Greeks had colonies in Provence) |