Etymology

needlelike

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Today it means: Resembling a needle in shape. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English needle
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)neh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)néh₁tlom
  3. Proto-Germanic*nēþlą
  4. Proto-Germanic*nēþlō
  5. Proto-West Germanic*nāþlu
  6. Old Englishnǣdl
  7. Middle Englishnedle
  8. Englishneedle
  9. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  10. Proto-Germanic*līką
  11. English todayneedlelike

From needle + -like.

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