Where does “Niel” come from?

Niel (Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic *nīwalaz — lying down, prone, prostrate.

Niel (Dutch): town on the river Rupel in the southwest of the Belgian province of Antwerp

Definitions

  1. town on the river Rupel in the southwest of the Belgian province of Antwerp

Ancestry of “Niel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*nīwalazlying down, prone, prostrate

Words derived from “Niel

Every word from Proto-Germanic *nīwalaz