Where does “nabo” come from?

nabo (Esperanto) comes from German Nabe, from Middle High German nabe, from Old High German naba, from Proto-West Germanic nabu, from Proto-Germanic nabō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃nēbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₃nebʰ- — hub; navel.

nabo (Esperanto): hub of a wheel, nave

Definitions

  1. hub of a wheel, nave

Ancestry of “nabo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanNabehub
2Middle High Germannabe—
3Old High Germannabanave; hub
4Proto-West Germanicnabunave, hub
5Proto-Germanicnabōnave, hub
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃nēbʰ-hub
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃nebʰ-hub; navel

Words derived from “nabo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃nebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃nēbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic nabō →