Where does “nau” come from?

nau (Catalan) comes from Latin nāvis, from Proto-Italic naus, from German hinaus, from German aus, from Old High German ūz, from Proto-West Germanic *ūt, from Proto-Germanic ūt, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

nau (Catalan): ship; nave; industrial building

Definitions

  1. ship; nave; industrial building

Ancestry of “nau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnāvisship, boat, vessel; a fleet in the plural
2Proto-Italicnaus—
3Germanhinausout
4Germanausout; over; finished; done; up; off
5Old High Germanūzout
6Proto-West Germanic*ūtout, outward
7Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
8Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

Words derived from “nau”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →