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Where does “נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר” come from?

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

Ancestry of “נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AkkadianNabû-kudurri-uṣur—
2Proto-West Germanicnabunave, hub
3Proto-Germanicnabōnave, hub
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃nēbʰ-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃nebʰ-hub; navel
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