agnail
English
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) A corn or sore on the toe or finger.
- Torn skin near a toenail or fingernail.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English agnail derived from Old English angnægl inherited from Proto-Germanic *naglaz (nail peg for fastening, finger toenail, nail) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nogʰ- (nail, claw), *h₂enǵʰ- (narrow, tighten, tied together, constrict).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂enǵʰ-
Gloss
narrow, tighten, tied together, constrict
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anxious English
- hangnail English
- angustia Latin
- anxietās Latin
- ungula Latin
- ἀγχοῦ Ancient Greek
- ἄγχι Ancient Greek
- ἄγχω Ancient Greek
- ὄνυξ Ancient Greek
- *h₂(o)nǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂enǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂enǵʰu- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂énǵʰus Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃negʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃nogʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European
- *angazaz Proto-Germanic
- *angustiz Proto-Germanic
- *anguz Proto-Germanic
- *ga-angwijaną Proto-Germanic
- *naglaz Proto-Germanic
- anglo- Norwegian Nynorsk
- anglofil Norwegian Nynorsk
- anglofob Norwegian Nynorsk
- angloman Norwegian Nynorsk
- anglomani Norwegian Nynorsk
- Englisc Old English
- Englisċ Old English
- angnægl Old English
- angnæġl Old English
- nægl Old English
- næġl Old English
- agnail Middle English
- angren Middle English
- angra Old Norse
- angran Old Norse
- nagl Old Norse
- *noga Proto-Slavic
- *nogъtь Proto-Slavic
- *ǫzъkъ Proto-Slavic
- nagal Old High German
- 𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌹𐌸𐌰 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌰𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌴𐌹 Gothic
- *nagl gmw-pro
- *nagal Old Dutch
- *nakla Proto-Finnic
- *angʷīnā Proto-Celtic
- *Hnā́kš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- nagal Old Saxon
- návli Northern Sami
- *anɣō Proto-Italic
- neil Old Frisian
- *mekwā Proto-Tocharian
- *anśtas bat-pro