Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nāþlu
Proto-West Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *nēþlō.
Noun
edit*nāþlu f[1]
Inflection
editō-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *nāþlu | |
Genitive | *nāþlā | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *nāþlu | *nāþlō |
Accusative | *nāþlā | *nāþlā |
Genitive | *nāþlā | *nāþlō |
Dative | *nāþlē | *nāþlōm, *nāþlum |
Instrumental | *nāþlu | *nāþlōm, *nāþlum |
Descendants
edit- Old English: nǣdl
- Old Frisian: nēdle, nēlde
- Old Saxon: nāthla
- Old Dutch: nālda
- Old High German: nādala, nālda
References
edit- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 329: “PWGmc *nāþlu, *nādlō-”