nagal

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *nagl, whence also Old English næġl, Old Norse nagl.

Noun

nagal m

  1. A nail, pin (metal spike used for fastening) [from 8th c.]
  2. (anatomy) A nail [from 9th c.]

Declension

Declension of nagal (masculine a-stem)
case singular plural
nominative nagal nagalā, nagala
accusative nagal nagalā, nagala
genitive nagales nagalo
dative nagale nagalum
instrumental nagalu —

Descendants

  • Middle High German: nagel, nail, nāl, negel, neil
    • Bavarian: Någl
      Cimbrian: naaghel
      Mòcheno: nagel
    • Central Franconian: Nohl, Nähl, Näl, Nääl, Nahl, Nagel
      Hunsrik: Naaghel
      Luxembourgish: Nol
    • German: Nagel
    • Alemannic German: Nagel
    • Yiddish: נאָגל (nogl), נאגיל (nogil) (Middle Yiddish, attested in Shemot Devarim)

References

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

  • *negil

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *nagl, whence also Old English næġl, Old Norse nagl.

Noun

nagal m

  1. nail (of the fingers and toes)

Descendants

  • Middle Low German: nāgel, nēgel
    • Low German: Någel, Noagel, Naogel, Nogel
    • Plautdietsch: Noagel
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