Where does “נאָדל” come from?

נאָדל (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German nādele, 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.

נאָדל (Yiddish): needle

Definitions

  1. needle

Ancestry of “נאָדל”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germannādele—
2Old High Germannādalaneedle
3Proto-West Germanic*nāþluneedle
4Proto-Germanicnēþlōneedle
5Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₁-to spin (thread), to sew

Words derived from “נאָדל”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic nēþlō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *nāþlu →