nail

Betekenis (English)

Concepten

Synonyms

nail up

pass with flying colors

finger-nail

sweep through

ravel out

take in charge

withhold information

negociate

puzzle over

toe-nail

unable to

pound into

thump out

fasten temporarily to peg

knock at a door

wire nail

fasten with nails

catch up with

fish spear

iron nail

Frequentie

B2
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/neɪl/
Etymologie (English)

In summary

From Middle English nail, nayl, Old English næġl, from Proto-West Germanic *nagl, from Proto-Germanic *naglaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nogʰ- (“nail”). Cognates Compare North Frisian Nail (“nail”), Saterland Frisian Nail (“nail”), West Frisian neil, Low German Nagel, Dutch nagel, German Nagel, Danish negl, Swedish nagel, Finnish naula (“nail”), Estonian nael (“nail”), (compare Irish ionga, Latin unguis, Albanian nyell (“ankle, hard part of a limb”), Lithuanian nagas, Russian нога́ (nogá, “foot, leg”), но́готь (nógotʹ, “nail”), Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux), Persian ناخن (nâxon), Sanskrit नख (nakhá).

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