The story
- Proto-Germanic · derived from*natǭ
- Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*natilā
- Old English · inherited fromnetle
- Middle English · inherited fromnetle
- English todaynettle
From Middle English netle, netel, from Old English netle, netele, netel, from Proto-West Germanic *natilā (cognate with Old Saxon netila, Middle Dutch netele (modern Dutch netel), German Nessel, Middle Danish nædlæ (“nettle”)), a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *natǭ (of unknown origin, perhaps from the same source as net).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishnetle all →
Nettleship
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.