Where does “naelde” come from?

naelde (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch nālda, from Old Dutch nādla, from Proto-Germanic nēþlō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- — to spin (thread), to sew.

naelde (Middle Dutch): needle

Definitions

  1. needle

Ancestry of “naelde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchnālda—
2Old Dutchnādla—
3Proto-Germanicnēþlōneedle
4Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₁-to spin (thread), to sew

Words derived from “naelde”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic nēþlō →Every word from Old Dutch nādla →