nestle

Meanings

1. To settle oneself comfortably and snugly.
2. To press oneself against another affectionately.
3. To lie half-hidden or in shelter.
4. To build or sit upon a nest.
5. Of a bird: to look after its young.
6. To move or place into a comfortable position

1. A surname from German.

Etymology

From Middle English nestelen, nestlen, from Old English nistlan, nestlian, nistlian (“to make or build a nest”), from Proto-West Germanic *nistilōn (“to build or occupy a nest; nestle”), equivalent to nest + -le. Cognate with Middle Low German nëstelen (“to build a nest”), Dutch nestelen (“to nest, nestle”).