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Where does “Nabû-apla-uṣur” come from?

Nabû-apla-uṣur (Akkadian) comes from Proto-West Germanic nabu, from Proto-Germanic nabō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃nēbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₃nebʰ- — hub; navel.

Ancestry of “Nabû-apla-uṣur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicnabunave, hub
2Proto-Germanicnabōnave, hub
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃nēbʰ-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃nebʰ-hub; navel
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