nezzila

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *natilā.

Noun

nezzila f

  1. nettle

Descendants
  • Middle High German: nezzel
    • Cimbrian: éssala (reanalyzed)
    • German: Nessel
      • → Yiddish: ברעננעסל (brennesl)
    • Yiddish: ניסול (nisul) (Middle Yiddish, attested in Shemot Devarim)

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
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