needle English · revision 13483

− It is [[inh|ang|nǣdl]] (about 700, in the earliest glossaries),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[m|gem-pro|*nēþlō]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) cognate with Old Saxon nāthla, Dutch naald, German Nadel, Old Norse nál and Gothic nēþla.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) It is formed from a base *nē-, to sew,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) and an instrumental suffix,^(Etymonline) from an Indo-European root also seen in Latin nēre and Greek neîn, to spin, Greek nêma, thread, and German nähen, to sew.^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998)^(Cresswell 2021)