auger
English
/ˈɔːɡə(ɹ)/
noun
Definitions
- A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet.
- A snake or plumber's snake plumbing tool.
- A tool used to bore holes in the ground, e.g. for fence posts
- A hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice, etc. for scientific study.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English nauger, a nauger inherited from Old English nafogār (auger, nave spear, nave drill) inherited from Proto-Germanic *nabōgaizaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*nabōgaizaz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- augerlike English
- closet English
- closet auger English
- napakaira Finnish
- Näber German
- avegaar Dutch, Flemish
- *nabōgaizaz Proto-Germanic
- nafogar Old English
- nafogār Old English
- nauger Middle English
- nauger, a nauger Middle English
- nafarr Old Norse
- nafar Icelandic
- navegheer Middle Dutch
- nabager Old High German
- nabagēr Old High German
- *nabugaiʀ gmw-pro
- *navugēr Old Dutch
- navuger Old Saxon
- naberʹ Ter Sami
- naver Norn