nagal

Old High German

Etymology

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

Noun

nagal m

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

nail (of the fingers and toes)

Descendants

Middle Low German: nāgel, nēgel
- German Low German: Nagel
- Plautdietsch: Noagel

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