Where does “nåleventil” come from?

nåleventil (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål nål, from Old Norse nál, from Proto-Germanic nēþlō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- — to spin (thread), to sew.

nåleventil (Norwegian Bokmål): a needle valve

Definitions

  1. a needle valve

Ancestry of “nåleventil”, step by step

nåleventil traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål nål

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålnåla needle
2Old Norsenálneedle
3Proto-Germanicnēþlōneedle
4Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₁-to spin (thread), to sew

via Norwegian Bokmål ventil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålventila valve
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic nēþlō →Every word from Old Norse nál →