Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/naglaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

• *nagliz, *nagluz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃nṓgʰs (“nail”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑɣ.lɑz/

Noun

*naglaz m

1. nail (on hands or feet)
2. nail or peg used for fastening

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *naglaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*naglaz	*naglōz, *naglōs
vocative	*nagl	*naglōz, *naglōs
accusative	*naglą	*naglanz
genitive	*naglas, *naglis	*naglǫ̂
dative	*naglai	*naglamaz
instrumental	*naglō	*naglamiz

Derived terms

• *naglijaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *nagl, *nagli
  • Old English: næġl, næġel, neġl, neġel
    • Middle English: nayl, neil, nail, nayle, nayll, neyl, naylle
      • English: nail
      • Scots: nail, nale
      • Yola: niel
  • Old Frisian: neil, nīl
    • Saterland Frisian: Nail
    • West Frisian: neil
  • Old Saxon: nagal, *negil
    • Middle Low German: nāgel, nēgel
      • German Low German: Nagel
      • Plautdietsch: Noagel
  • Old Dutch: *nagal
    • Middle Dutch: nāgel
      • Dutch: nagel
        • Afrikaans: nael
        • Berbice Creole Dutch: nanggli
        • → Aukan: nangaa
        • → Caribbean Hindustani: nakkhun
      • Limburgish: nagel
  • Old High German: nagal, negil
    • Middle High German: nagel, nail, nāl, negel, neil
      • Bavarian: Någl

        Cimbrian: naaghel

        Mòcheno: nagel

      • Central Franconian: Nohl, Nähl, Näl, Nääl, Nahl, Nagel

        Hunsrik: Naaghel

        Luxembourgish: Nol

      • German: Nagel
        • → Russian: нагель (nagelʹ)
      • Alemannic German: Nagel
      • Yiddish: נאָגל (nogl), נאגיל (nogil) (Middle Yiddish, attested in Shemot Devarim)
• Old Norse: nagl m (pl. negl), nagli m, negla f, nygla f
  • Icelandic: nögl f, nagli m
  • Faroese: naglur m, negl f, nøgl f
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nagl m, nygla f, nugla f, naggel m
  • Old Swedish: naghl m
    • Swedish: nagel c
  • Danish: negl c
    • Norwegian Bokmål: negl m
  • Elfdalian: nagel m
  • Gutnish: nagel m, nagul m
  • → Kildin Sami: на̄ввьл (nāvv’l)
• Gothic: *𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌻𐍃 (*nagls)
• → Proto-Finnic: *nakla (see there for further descendants)