negl
Faroese
noun
Definitions
- fingernail
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse nagl (nail) derived from Proto-Germanic *naglaz (nail peg for fastening, finger toenail, nail) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nogʰ- (nail, claw).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₃nogʰ-
Gloss
nail, claw
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
爪
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ungula Latin
- ὄνυξ Ancient Greek
- *h₂enǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂énǵʰus Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃negʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃nogʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- negl Norwegian Bokmål
- *naglaz Proto-Germanic
- nagel Swedish
- nagl Norwegian Nynorsk
- angnægl Old English
- nægl Old English
- næġl Old English
- nagl Old Norse
- negl Danish
- *noga Proto-Slavic
- *nogъtь Proto-Slavic
- nagli Icelandic
- nögl Icelandic
- nagal Old High German
- naglur Faroese
- *nagl gmw-pro
- *nagal Old Dutch
- *nakla Proto-Finnic
- *angʷīnā Proto-Celtic
- *Hnā́kš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- nagal Old Saxon
- návli Northern Sami
- negäl Westrobothnian
- neil Old Frisian
- *mekwā Proto-Tocharian