nestle
English
/ˈnɛsəl/
verb
Definitions
- To settle oneself comfortably and snugly.
- To press oneself against another affectionately.
- (intransitive) To lie half-hidden or in shelter.
- (archaic) To build or sit upon a nest.
- (archaic) Of a bird: to look after its young.
- (transitive) To move or place into a comfortable position
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English nestelen inherited from Old English nistlan inherited from *nistilōn (nestle, build occupy a nest, build a nest) affix from English nest.
Origin
English
nest
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bird's nest English
- cock English
- disnest English
- hangnest English
- mudnester English
- nest English
- nestable English
- nestbuilding English
- nester English
- nesteth English
- nestful English
- nestle-cock English
- nestler English
- nestless English
- nestlet English
- nestlike English
- nestling English
- nestmaking English
- nestmate English
- nestohedron English
- neststraw English
- nestward English
- nido- English
- renest English
- unnest English
- unnestle English
- nestata Finnish
- Nest German
- nest Dutch, Flemish
- nestelen Dutch, Flemish
- nesteling Dutch, Flemish
- ネスト Japanese
- nistlan Old English
- nest Middle English
- nestelen Middle English
- nesto Esperanto
- nestelen Middle Dutch
- *nistilōn gmw-pro
- nistilon Old Dutch