Proto-Indo-European

*h₃nṓgʰs

‘nail’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₃nṓgʰs.

3 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nṓgʰs, most familiar first.

• nail ← naylen ← næġlan ← *naglijan ← *naglijaną
• nailer ← nayler ← nayl ← næġl ← *nagl
• supernaculum ← Nagel ← nagel ← nagal ← *nagl

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃nṓgʰs