nagel
Middle Dutch
noun
Definitions
- nail (hard part of fingers and toes)
- nail (metal spike)
- clove (spice)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Dutch *nagal inherited from Proto-Germanic *naglaz (nail peg for fastening, finger toenail, nail).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*naglaz
Gloss
nail peg for fastening, finger toenail, nail
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
爪
Emoji
💅
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *h₂énǵʰus Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃negʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃nogʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *naglaz Proto-Germanic
- angnægl Old English
- nægl Old English
- næġl Old English
- nagl Old Norse
- nāgel Middle Dutch
- nagal Old High German
- *nagl gmw-pro
- *nagal Old Dutch
- *nakla Proto-Finnic
- nagal Old Saxon
- návli Northern Sami
- neil Old Frisian