Where does “nöłd” come from?

nöłd (Vilamovian) comes from Old High German nādala, from Proto-West Germanic *nāþlu, from Proto-Germanic nēþlō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- — to spin (thread), to sew.

nöłd (Vilamovian): needle

Definitions

  1. needle

Ancestry of “nöłd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germannādalaneedle
2Proto-West Germanic*nāþluneedle
3Proto-Germanicnēþlōneedle
4Proto-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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