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Yiddish
Etymology
From Middle High German nagel, from Old High German nagal, from Proto-West Germanic *nagl, from Proto-Germanic *naglaz.
Noun
נאָגל • (nogl) m, plural נעגל (negl), diminutive נעגעלע (negele)
- (anatomy) nail
- (tool) nail, spike (fastener)
References
- Elia Levita (1542) Šěmôt děvārîm bilšôn ʿivrî u-bilšôn romiyyî gam aškenāzî [The Names of Things in Hebrew and Latin as well as German], Isny: Impressum Isnae [Paul Fagius], →DOI, Zentralbibliothek Zürich: Rv 209,3