נאָל

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Yiddish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Most likely from Middle High German āle, Old High German āla, from Proto-West Germanic *ālu, from Proto-Germanic *ēlō, with the initial ⟨נ⟩ possibly the result of rebracketing (i.e. אַן אָל (an ol) => אַ נאָל (a nol)). Compare German Ahle, and English newt for the rebracketing phenomenon.

Noun[edit]

נאָל (nolf, plural נאָלן (noln)

  1. awl

References[edit]

  • Uriel Weinreich (1977) “awl”, in Modern English-Yiddish, Yiddish-English Dictionary, New York: Schocken Books, page 24