Where does “nædl” come from?

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

nædl (Old English): needle

Definitions

  1. needle

Ancestry of “nædl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*nāþluneedle
2Proto-Germanicnēþlōneedle
3Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₁-to spin (thread), to sew
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic nēþlō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *nāþlu →