Where does “navrance” come from?
navrance (French) comes from French navrer, from Middle French navrer, from Old French navrer, from Old Norse nafra, from Proto-Germanic nabōgaizaz, from Proto-Germanic gaizaz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰoysós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰey- — winter.
navrance (French): extreme sadness
Ancestry of “navrance”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | navrer | to cause great pain or affliction; to upset;... |
| 2 | Middle French | navrer | to injure |
| 3 | Old French | navrer | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | nafra | to pierce or bore with an auger |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | nabōgaizaz | auger |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | gaizaz | spear, pike, javelin |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰoysós | throwing spear |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰey- | winter |