Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nëkla

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *nēþlō.

Noun

*nëkla[1]

  1. needle (sewing implement)
    Synonym: *äimä

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: nõel
  • Finnish: neula
  • Ingrian: neegla
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: nõ’ggõl
  • Livvi: nieglu
  • Ludian: niegl
  • Veps: negl
  • Võro: nõkl, nõgõl, nõgyl'
  • Votic: niglõ

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*nëkla”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • nõel”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012