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 , to sew.
Ancestry of “naelde”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | nālda | — |
| 2 | Old Dutch | nādla | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | nēþlō | needle |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)neh₁- | to spin , to sew |
Words derived from “naelde”