Nestle

Nestle

Verb · /ˈnes.əl/

Definition

To settle or be situated comfortably within a sheltered or partly enclosed space; to press oneself or something gently into a warm, soft, or protective position; (of a place) to be situated in a sheltered position.

Origin

From Old English nestlian (to build a nest, to settle into a nest), from nest (Old English nest: a nest, from Proto-Germanic *nistaz, from Proto-Indo-European *nizdo-: a sitting-place, nest, from ni- (down) + sed- (to sit: the same root as sit, set, settle, seat). Nestle therefore being to do what a bird does in its nest — to settle into a comfortable sheltered position. The word appearing from the 10th century in Old English. The sense of nestling — settling snugly into a position — being remarkably stable across a thousand years of use.