nagal
Old Saxon
noun
Definitions
- nail (of the fingers and toes)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *naglaz (nail peg for fastening, finger toenail, nail).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*naglaz
Gloss
nail peg for fastening, finger toenail, nail
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hangnail English
- *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
- næglan Old English
- næġl Old English
- nail Middle English
- nayl Middle English
- nagl Old Norse
- negl Danish
- nagli Icelandic
- nögl Icelandic
- nagal Old High German
- naglur Faroese
- negl Faroese
- *nagl gmw-pro
- *nagal Old Dutch
- *nakla Proto-Finnic
- návli Northern Sami
- negäl Westrobothnian
- neil Old Frisian