English
Nogle
Nogle may come from German Nagel ‘a nail, the horny plate on fingers and toes of…’.
- Germanc. 1650–presentNagel‘a nail, the horny plate on fingers and toes of humans and certain animals which mostly…’uncertain
- EnglishtodayNogle
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Germanc. 1650–presentNagel‘a nail, the horny plate on fingers and toes of humans and certain animals which mostly…’uncertain
- EnglishtodayNogle
The story
Possibly an altered form of German Nagel.
Linked words
through Proto-West Germanic *nagl ‘nail’
Today it means
name A surname from German.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / German Nagel / Nogle