negl

From Old Norse nagl (“nail”), from Proto-Germanic *naglaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nogʰ-.

• IPA^(key): /najl/, [nɑjˀl]

negl c (singular definite neglen, plural indefinite negle)

1. nail (on fingers and toes)

From Old Norse nagl (“nail”), from Proto-Germanic *naglaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nogʰ-.

negl f (genitive singular neglar, plural neglir)

1. fingernail

• naglur

Inherited from Danish negl, from Old Norse nagl (“nail”), from Proto-Germanic *naglaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nogʰ-.

• IPA^(key): /næɪl/

negl m (definite singular neglen, indefinite plural negler, definite plural neglene)

1. (anatomy) a nail

• fingernegl
• neglebitende
• neglelakk
• tånegl

• “negl” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Proto-Finnic *nëkla, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *nēþlō.

negl

1. needle (tool)
2. conifer needle