Where does “nál” come from?

nál (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse nál, from Proto-Germanic nēþlō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- — to spin (thread), to sew.

nál (Icelandic): needle

Definitions

  1. needle

Ancestry of “nál”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsenálneedle
2Proto-Germanicnēþlōneedle
3Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₁-to spin (thread), to sew

Words derived from “nál”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic nēþlō →Every word from Old Norse nál →