Where does “nal” come from?
nal (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse nál, from Proto-Germanic nēþlō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- — to spin , to sew.
Ancestry of “nal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | nál | needle |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | nēþlō | needle |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)neh₁- | to spin , to sew |