Where does “nedle” come from?

nedle (Middle English) comes from Old English nǣdl, from Proto-Germanic *nāþlu, from Proto-Germanic nēþlō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- — to spin (thread), to sew.

nedle (Middle English): needle

Definitions

  1. needle

Ancestry of “nedle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishnǣdl—
2Proto-Germanic*nāþlu—
3Proto-Germanicnēþlōneedle
4Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₁-to spin (thread), to sew

Words derived from “nedle”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic nēþlō →Every word from Proto-Germanic *nāþlu →
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