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	nagala
accusative	nagal	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
    • → Russian: нагель (nagelʹ)
  • Alemannic German: Nagel
  • Yiddish: נאָגל (nogl), נאגיל (nogil) (Middle Yiddish, attested in Shemot Devarim)

References

• "nagal" in Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch (6th edition 2014)
• Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Nagel”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

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
  • German Low German: Nagel
  • Plautdietsch: Noagel