nagal

Old High German

Etymology

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

Noun

nagal m

1. (anatomy) A nail
2. A nail (used for fastening)

Declension 1

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
  • Central Franconian: Nohl, Nähl, Näl, Nääl, Nahl, Nagel
    • Hunsrik: Naaghel
    • Luxembourgish: Nol
  • Cimbrian: naaghel
  • German: Nagel
    • → Russian: нагель (nagelʹ)
  • Yiddish: נאָגל (nogl)

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Old Saxon

Etymology

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

Noun

nagal m

1. (anatomy) nail

Descendants

• Middle Low German: nāgel
  • German Low German: Nagel
  • Plautdietsch: Noagel