aglet
‘a tag or metal sheath on the end of a lace’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. aggelette, aglett < O.F. aiguillette < aiguille ‘needle’ < La.Lat. acucula < Lat. acus ‘a needle’ < ag < ak- < Tamil akku
aglet
English words derived from akku connoting 'sharpness'