Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nagl

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Alternative forms

• *nagli

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *naglaz.

Noun

*nagl m

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

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*nagl
Genitive	*naglas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*nagl	*naglō, *naglōs
Accusative	*nagl	*naglā
Genitive	*naglas	*naglō
Dative	*naglē	*naglum
Instrumental	*naglu	*naglum

Descendants

• 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
  • North Frisian:

    Sylt: Nail

  • 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
      • → Caribbean Hindustani: nakkhun
      • → Sranan Tongo: nangra
        • → Aukan: nangaa
    • 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)