niddy-noddy

English

A niddy-noddy with yarn.

Etymology

Origin obscure. Perhaps from niddy (“grandmother”) +‎ noddy, from the nodding motion associated with winding the yarn.

Noun

niddy-noddy (plural niddy-noddies)

1. A tool used to make skeins from yarn, consisting of a central bar with crossbars at each end, offset from each other by 90°.

Translations

a tool to make skeins from yarn

• Czech: motovidlo (cs)
• Dutch: handhaspel m
• French: dévidoir à main m
• German: Kreuzhaspel f, Nicker m
• Italian: aspo m
• Kashubian: mòtowidło n
• Norwegian: hespetre (no) n
• Old Czech: motovidlo n
• Old Polish: motowidło n
• Polabian: mötüvai̯dlĕ n
• Polish: motowidło (pl) n
• Serbo-Croatian: motovilo (sh) n, rašak (sh) m
• Silesian: motowidło n
• Slovak: motovidlo n
• Slovene: motovílọ n
• Slovincian: môtôvjidlô n
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: mótejdło n

  Upper Sorbian: motydło n

• Spanish: aspa (es) f
• Swedish: härva (sv)
• Welsh: ystyllen ddirwyn f