Where does “nathla” come from?

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

nathla (Old Saxon): needle

Definitions

  1. needle

Ancestry of “nathla”, 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 →
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