Where does “navel” come from?

navel (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch navele, from Old Dutch navalo, from Proto-West Germanic nabulō, from Proto-Germanic nabulô, from Proto-Indo-European h₃nobʰilos, from Proto-Indo-European h₃nobʰ- — navel, nave.

navel (Dutch): navel

Definitions

  1. navel

Ancestry of “navel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchnavele—
2Old Dutchnavalonavel
3Proto-West Germanicnabulōnavel
4Proto-Germanicnabulô—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃nobʰilosnavel
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃nobʰ-navel, nave

Words derived from “navel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃nobʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃nobʰilos →Every word from Proto-Germanic nabulô →