Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nāþlu

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This Proto-West Germanic 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-West Germanic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *nēþlō.

Noun

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*nāþlu f[1]

  1. needle

Inflection

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ō-stem
Singular
Nominative *nāþlu
Genitive *nāþlā
Singular Plural
Nominative *nāþlu *nāþlō
Accusative *nāþlā *nāþlā
Genitive *nāþlā *nāþlō
Dative *nāþlē *nāþlōm, *nāþlum
Instrumental *nāþlu *nāþlōm, *nāþlum

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 329:PWGmc *nāþlu, *nādlō-