The story
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
- Proto-Hellenic*epí
- Ancient Greekἐπί (epí)
- Ancient Greekἐπῐ- (epĭ-)
- Proto-Hellenic*glṓt͏̌t͏̌ā
- Ancient Greekγλῶσσᾰ (glôssă)
- Ancient Greekγλωσσῐ́ς (glōssĭ́s)
- Ancient Greekἐπῐγλωσσῐ́ς (epĭglōssĭ́s)
- Ancient Greekἐπῐγλωττῐ́ς (epĭglōttĭ́s)
- New Latinepiglōtti
- Englishepiglottis
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- English todayepiglottal
From epiglottis + -al.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.