Where does “noaglen” come from?
noaglen (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German nāgelen, from Old Saxon neglian, from Proto-West Germanic *naglijan, from Proto-Germanic naglijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
noaglen (Plautdietsch): to nail
Definitions
- to nail
Ancestry of “noaglen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | nāgelen | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | neglian | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *naglijan | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | naglijaną | To nail |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |