nail
see also: Nail
Pronunciation Etymology 1
see also: Nail
Pronunciation Etymology 1
From Middle English nail, nayl, Old English næġl, from Proto-West Germanic *nagl, from Proto-Germanic *naglaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nogʰ-.
Compare Northern Frisian Nail, Saterland Frisian Nail, Western Frisian neil, Low German Nagel, Dutch nagel, German Nagel, Danish negl, Swedish nagel, Finnish naula, Estonian nael, (compare Irish ionga, Latin unguis, Albanian nyell, Lithuanian nagas, Russian нога́, но́готь ("nail"), Ancient Greek ὄνυξ, Persian ناخن, Sanskrit नख.