naelde

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch nālda, from Proto-West Germanic *nāþlu, from Proto-Germanic *nēþlō.

Noun

nâelde f

1. needle

Inflection

Weak feminine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	nâelde	nâelden
accusative	nâelde	nâelden
genitive	nâelde, nâelden	nâelden
dative	nâelde, nâelden	nâelden

Descendants

• Dutch: naald (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “naelde”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “naelde”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN