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English word eel comes from Proto-Germanic *ēlaz (Eel.), Proto-Indo-European *ēl-
*ēlaz (Proto-Germanic)
Eel.
*ēl- (Proto-Indo-European)
awl, prong
*ēlō (Proto-Germanic)
Awl.
ǣl (Old English)
ele (Middle English)
eel (English)
To fish for eels.. To move with a sinuous motion like that of an eel. Any freshwater or marine fish of the order Anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes.. The European eel, Anguilla anguilla.