"nēþlō" meaning in Proto-Germanic

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Noun

IPA: /ˈnɛːθ.lɔː/
Etymology: From *nēþlą + *-ō, Proto-Indo-European *(s)néh₁-tlo-m, from *(s)neh₁- (“to sew”) + *-tlom. Equivalent to *nēaną (“to sew”) + *-þrą + *-ō. Etymology templates: {{root|gem-pro|ine-pro|*(s)neh₁-}}, {{af|gem-pro||*-ō|alt1=*nēþlą}} *nēþlą + *-ō, {{der|gem-pro|ine-pro||*(s)néh₁-tlo-m}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)néh₁-tlo-m, {{af|ine-pro|*(s)neh₁-|*-tlom|nocat=1|t1=to sew}} *(s)neh₁- (“to sew”) + *-tlom, {{af|gem-pro|*nēaną|*-þrą|*-ō|t1=to sew}} *nēaną (“to sew”) + *-þrą + *-ō
  1. needle Wikipedia link: Brill Publishers Tags: feminine, reconstruction
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
            "2": "*nāþlu"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic: *nāþlu\nOld English: nǣdl\nMiddle English: nedle\nEnglish: needle\nScots: nedil, neidil\nOld Frisian: nēdle, nēlde\nSaterland Frisian: Näddele\nWest Frisian: niddel, nuddel, nille, nulle\nOld Saxon: nāthla\nMiddle Low German: nâdel, nâtele, nâtel, nâtle, nâlde (not found in most areas, rare elsewhere)\nLow German: Nodel, Nadel (likely to be loaned from or influenced by German)\nPlautdietsch: Notel\nOld Dutch: nālda\nMiddle Dutch: naelde\nDutch: naald\nAfrikaans: naald\nOld High German: nādala, nālda\nMiddle High German: nādele, nālde\nGerman: Nadel\nLuxembourgish: Nol (< nālde)\nYiddish: נאָדל (nodl); נודיל (nudil) (Middle Yiddish, attested in Shemot Devarim)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-West Germanic: *nāþlu\nOld English: nǣdl\nMiddle English: nedle\nEnglish: needle\nScots: nedil, neidil\nOld Frisian: nēdle, nēlde\nSaterland Frisian: Näddele\nWest Frisian: niddel, nuddel, nille, nulle\nOld Saxon: nāthla\nMiddle Low German: nâdel, nâtele, nâtel, nâtle, nâlde (not found in most areas, rare elsewhere)\nLow German: Nodel, Nadel (likely to be loaned from or influenced by German)\nPlautdietsch: Notel\nOld Dutch: nālda\nMiddle Dutch: naelde\nDutch: naald\nAfrikaans: naald\nOld High German: nādala, nālda\nMiddle High German: nādele, nālde\nGerman: Nadel\nLuxembourgish: Nol (< nālde)\nYiddish: נאָדל (nodl); נודיל (nudil) (Middle Yiddish, attested in Shemot Devarim)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
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          },
          "expansion": "Old Norse: nál",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Norse: nál"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "nál"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: nál",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: nál"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "nál"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: nál",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: nál"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "nål"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian: nål",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian: nål"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ovd",
            "2": "ną̊l"
          },
          "expansion": "Elfdalian: ną̊l",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Elfdalian: ną̊l"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-osw",
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          },
          "expansion": "Old Swedish: nāl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Swedish: nāl"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "nål"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: nål",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: nål"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-oda",
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          },
          "expansion": "Old Danish: naal",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Danish: naal"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "nål"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: nål",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: nål"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "got",
            "2": "𐌽𐌴𐌸𐌻𐌰"
          },
          "expansion": "Gothic: 𐌽𐌴𐌸𐌻𐌰 (nēþla)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gothic: 𐌽𐌴𐌸𐌻𐌰 (nēþla)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "smi-pro",
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Samic: *nālō",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Samic: *nālō (see there for further descendants)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "urj-fin-pro",
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Finnic: *nëkla",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Finnic: *nëkla (see there for further descendants)"
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)neh₁-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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        "2": "",
        "3": "*-ō",
        "alt1": "*nēþlą"
      },
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      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*(s)néh₁-tlo-m"
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "*(s)neh₁-",
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        "t1": "to sew"
      },
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      "name": "af"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*nēaną",
        "3": "*-þrą",
        "4": "*-ō",
        "t1": "to sew"
      },
      "expansion": "*nēaną (“to sew”) + *-þrą + *-ō",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From *nēþlą + *-ō, Proto-Indo-European *(s)néh₁-tlo-m, from *(s)neh₁- (“to sew”) + *-tlom. Equivalent to *nēaną (“to sew”) + *-þrą + *-ō.",
  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nēþlō",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Germanic terms suffixed with *-þrą",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Germanic terms suffixed with *-ō",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "needle"
      ],
      "id": "en-nēþlō-gem-pro-noun-CYgfbtkz",
      "links": [
        [
          "needle",
          "needle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "reconstruction"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Brill Publishers"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnɛːθ.lɔː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nēþlō"
}
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
            "2": "*nāþlu"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic: *nāþlu\nOld English: nǣdl\nMiddle English: nedle\nEnglish: needle\nScots: nedil, neidil\nOld Frisian: nēdle, nēlde\nSaterland Frisian: Näddele\nWest Frisian: niddel, nuddel, nille, nulle\nOld Saxon: nāthla\nMiddle Low German: nâdel, nâtele, nâtel, nâtle, nâlde (not found in most areas, rare elsewhere)\nLow German: Nodel, Nadel (likely to be loaned from or influenced by German)\nPlautdietsch: Notel\nOld Dutch: nālda\nMiddle Dutch: naelde\nDutch: naald\nAfrikaans: naald\nOld High German: nādala, nālda\nMiddle High German: nādele, nālde\nGerman: Nadel\nLuxembourgish: Nol (< nālde)\nYiddish: נאָדל (nodl); נודיל (nudil) (Middle Yiddish, attested in Shemot Devarim)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-West Germanic: *nāþlu\nOld English: nǣdl\nMiddle English: nedle\nEnglish: needle\nScots: nedil, neidil\nOld Frisian: nēdle, nēlde\nSaterland Frisian: Näddele\nWest Frisian: niddel, nuddel, nille, nulle\nOld Saxon: nāthla\nMiddle Low German: nâdel, nâtele, nâtel, nâtle, nâlde (not found in most areas, rare elsewhere)\nLow German: Nodel, Nadel (likely to be loaned from or influenced by German)\nPlautdietsch: Notel\nOld Dutch: nālda\nMiddle Dutch: naelde\nDutch: naald\nAfrikaans: naald\nOld High German: nādala, nālda\nMiddle High German: nādele, nālde\nGerman: Nadel\nLuxembourgish: Nol (< nālde)\nYiddish: נאָדל (nodl); נודיל (nudil) (Middle Yiddish, attested in Shemot Devarim)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
            "2": "nál"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Norse: nál",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Norse: nál"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "nál"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: nál",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: nál"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "nál"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: nál",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: nál"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "nål"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian: nål",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian: nål"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ovd",
            "2": "ną̊l"
          },
          "expansion": "Elfdalian: ną̊l",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Elfdalian: ną̊l"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-osw",
            "2": "nal",
            "alt": "nāl"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Swedish: nāl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Swedish: nāl"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "nål"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: nål",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: nål"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-oda",
            "2": "naal"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Danish: naal",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Danish: naal"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "nål"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: nål",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: nål"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "got",
            "2": "𐌽𐌴𐌸𐌻𐌰"
          },
          "expansion": "Gothic: 𐌽𐌴𐌸𐌻𐌰 (nēþla)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gothic: 𐌽𐌴𐌸𐌻𐌰 (nēþla)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "smi-pro",
            "2": "*nālō",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Samic: *nālō",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Samic: *nālō (see there for further descendants)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "urj-fin-pro",
            "2": "*nëkla",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Finnic: *nëkla",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Finnic: *nëkla (see there for further descendants)"
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "",
        "3": "*-ō",
        "alt1": "*nēþlą"
      },
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      "name": "af"
    },
    {
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        "3": "",
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "*(s)neh₁- (“to sew”) + *-tlom",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
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        "3": "*-þrą",
        "4": "*-ō",
        "t1": "to sew"
      },
      "expansion": "*nēaną (“to sew”) + *-þrą + *-ō",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From *nēþlą + *-ō, Proto-Indo-European *(s)néh₁-tlo-m, from *(s)neh₁- (“to sew”) + *-tlom. Equivalent to *nēaną (“to sew”) + *-þrą + *-ō.",
  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nēþlō",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Germanic feminine nouns",
        "Proto-Germanic lemmas",
        "Proto-Germanic nouns",
        "Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Proto-Germanic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)neh₁-",
        "Proto-Germanic terms suffixed with *-þrą",
        "Proto-Germanic terms suffixed with *-ō"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "needle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "needle",
          "needle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "reconstruction"
      ],
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        "Brill Publishers"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnɛːθ.lɔː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nēþlō"
}

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