נאָגל

Yiddish

Alternative forms

• נאָגעל (nogel) — dated, נאגיל (nogil) — Middle Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German nagel, from Old High German nagal, from Proto-West Germanic *nagl, from Proto-Germanic *naglaz.

Noun

נאָגל • (nogl) m, plural נעגל (negl), diminutive נעגעלע (negele)

1. (anatomy) nail
2. (tool) nail, spike (fastener)

References

• Elia Levita (1542) Šěmôt děvārîm bilšôn ʿivrî u-bilšôn romiyyî gam aškenāzî [The Names of Things in Hebrew and Latin as well as German], Isny: Impressum Isnae [Paul Fagius], →DOI, Zentralbibliothek Zürich: Rv 209,3