heddle

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• /ˈhɛdəl/
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From Middle English helde, from Old English hefeld, from the root of Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to have, heave”), from Proto-Indo-European *kap-. Cognate with Old Saxon hevild, Middle Low German hevelte, Icelandic hafald.

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Ahom: 𑜁𑜧 (khaw) — part of a loom
• Catalan: collador — part of a loom
• Dutch: hevel — part of a loom
• Finnish: niisi — part of a loom
• French: lisse — part of a loom
• German: Litze — part of a loom
• German: Helfe — part of a loom
• Icelandic: hafald — part of a loom
• Ingrian: niisi — part of a loom
• Irish: úim — part of a loom
• Italian: liccio — part of a loom
• Navajo: iiʼsinil — part of a loom
• Polish: nicielnica — part of a loom
• Romanian: cocleț — part of a loom
• Serbo-Croatian: ničanice — part of a loom
• Serbo-Croatian: list — part of a loom
• Spanish: lizo — part of a loom
• Swedish: solv — part of a loom
• Welsh: brwyd — part of a loom
• Welsh: brwyden — part of a loom
• Icelandic: draga í höföld — to thread individual strands of the warp through the eyes of heddles
• Italian: allicciare — to thread individual strands of the warp through the eyes of heddles
• Polish: nawlekać nić osnowy — to thread individual strands of the warp through the eyes of heddles
• Polish: nawlec nić osnowy — to thread individual strands of the warp through the eyes of heddles