*nēþlō
Runic: ᚾᛖᚦᛚᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈnɛːθ.lɔː/noun · feminine · ō-stem
Meanings
needle
Etymology
From *nēþlą + *-ō, Proto-Indo-European *(s)néh₁-tlo-m, from *(s)neh₁- (‘to sew’) + *-tlom. Equivalent to *nēaną (‘to sew’) + *-þrą + *-ō.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | nēþlō | nēþlôz |
| Acc. | nēþlǭ | nēþlōz |
| Gen. | nēþlōz | nēþlǫ̂ |
| Dat. | nēþlōi | nēþlōmaz |
| Inst. | nēþlō | nēþlōmiz |
| Voc. | nēþlō | nēþlôz |
Descendants
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*nāþlu (Proto-West Germanic)
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nālda (Old Dutch)
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naelde (Middle Dutch)
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naald (Dutch)
- naald (Afrikaans)
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naald (Dutch)
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naelde (Middle Dutch)
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nālda (Old Dutch)
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*nāþlu (Proto-West Germanic)
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nǣdl (Old English)
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nedle (Middle English)
- needle (English)
- nedil, neidil (Scots)
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nedle (Middle English)
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nǣdl (Old English)
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*nāþlu (Proto-West Germanic)
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nēdle, nēlde (Old Frisian)
- Näddele (Saterland Frisian)
- niddel, nuddel, nille, nulle (West Frisian)
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nēdle, nēlde (Old Frisian)
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*nāþlu (Proto-West Germanic)
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nādala, nālda (Old High German)
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nādele, nālde (Middle High German)
- Nadel (German)
- Nol, nālde (Luxembourgish)
- nöłd (Vilamovian)
- נאָדל (nodl), נודיל (nudil) (Yiddish)
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nādele, nālde (Middle High German)
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nādala, nālda (Old High German)
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*nāþlu (Proto-West Germanic)
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nāthla (Old Saxon)
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nâdel, nâtele, nâtel, nâtle, nâlde (Middle Low German)
- Nodel, Nadel (Low German)
- Notel (Plautdietsch)
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nâdel, nâtele, nâtel, nâtle, nâlde (Middle Low German)
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nāthla (Old Saxon)
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nál (Old Norse)
- ną̊l (Elfdalian)
- nál (Faroese)
- nál (Icelandic)
- nål (Norwegian)
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nál (Old Norse)
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naal (Old Danish)
- nål (Danish)
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naal (Old Danish)
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nál (Old Norse)
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nāl (Old Swedish)
- nål (Swedish)
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nāl (Old Swedish)
- 𐌽𐌴𐌸𐌻𐌰 (nēþla) (Gothic)
- *nālō (Proto-Samic)
- *nëkla (Proto-Finnic)