Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nēþlō
Proto-GermanicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From *nēaną (“to sew”) + *-þlō (“tool”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
*nēþlō f[1]
InflectionEdit
The stem apparently had two Verner alternants, *nēþlō- and *nēdlō-, both still attested in West Germanic.
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
DescendantsEdit
- West Germanic: *nāþlu
- Old Norse: nál
- Gothic: 𐌽𐌴𐌸𐌻𐌰 (nēþla)
- → Finnic: *neekla
- Finnish: neula