spindel
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈspɪn.dəl/
noun
Definitions
- a rod used for spinning and winding natural fibres; a spindle
- a central pillar around which a staircase spirals; a newel
- an upright bar for holding CDs or DVDs by skewering
Etymology
Borrowed from German Spindel (spindle) suf from Dutch, Flemish spinnen (spin, make yarn, yarn).
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
spinnen
Gloss
spin, make yarn, yarn
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antispindle English
- hemispindle English
- minispindle English
- multispindle English
- perispindle English
- spin English
- spindle English
- spindle-shanked English
- spindleful English
- spindlelegs English
- spindleshanks English
- spindletail English
- spindlework English
- spindleworm English
- spindly English
- Spindel German
- Spindelmage German
- spindeldürr German
- aanspinnen Dutch, Flemish
- omspinnen Dutch, Flemish
- ontspinnen Dutch, Flemish
- spil Dutch, Flemish
- spindeltrap Dutch, Flemish
- spinhuis Dutch, Flemish
- spinnen Dutch, Flemish
- spinner Dutch, Flemish
- spinnewiel Dutch, Flemish
- spinster Dutch, Flemish
- spintepel Dutch, Flemish
- trap Dutch, Flemish
- verspinnen Dutch, Flemish
- шпиндель Russian
- spyndel Middle English
- spinnen Middle Dutch
- spinnel, spinele Middle High German