Where does “nālde” come from?

nālde (Middle High German) comes from Old High German nālda, from Proto-Germanic *nāþlu, from Proto-Germanic nēþlō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- — to spin (thread), to sew.

Ancestry of “nālde”, step by step

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

Words derived from “nālde”

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