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