Dictionary

niddy-noddy en · NOUN

Etymology

Origin obscure. Perhaps from niddy (“grandmother”) + noddy, from the nodding motion associated with winding the yarn.

Meanings

1. A tool used to make skeins from yarn, consisting of a central bar with crossbars at each end, offset from each other by 90°.

Forms

Translations (25)

cs motovidlo (a tool to make skeins from yarn) · fr dévidoir à main (a tool to make skeins from yarn) · pox mötüvai̯dlĕ (a tool to make skeins from yarn) · sv härva (a tool to make skeins from yarn) · es aspa (a tool to make skeins from yarn) · no hespetre (a tool to make skeins from yarn) · pl motowidło (a tool to make skeins from yarn) · zlw-slv môtôwjidlô (a tool to make skeins from yarn) · nl handhaspel (a tool to make skeins from yarn) · csb mòtowidło (a tool to make skeins from yarn) · hsb motydło (a tool to make skeins from yarn) · it aspo (a tool to make skeins from yarn) · sk motovidlo (a tool to make skeins from yarn) · de Nicker (a tool to make skeins from yarn) · sl motovílọ (a tool to make skeins from yarn) · sh rašak (a tool to make skeins from yarn) · zlw-ocs motovidlo (a tool to make skeins from yarn) · cy ystyllen ddirwyn (a tool to make skeins from yarn) · sh motovilo (a tool to make skeins from yarn) · szl motowidło (a tool to make skeins from yarn) · de Kreuzhaspel (a tool to make skeins from yarn) · dsb mótejdło (a tool to make skeins from yarn) · rsk мотовидло (a tool to make skeins from yarn) · fi viipsinpuu (a tool to make skeins from yarn) · zlw-opl motowidło (a tool to make skeins from yarn)