Where does “astronave” come from?
astronave (Italian) comes from Italian nave, 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 — out, outward.
astronave (Italian): spaceship; starship
Ancestry of “astronave”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | nave | ship |
| 2 | Latin | nāvis | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | naus | — |
| 4 | German | hinaus | out |
| 5 | German | aus | out; over; finished; done; up; off |
| 6 | Old High German | ūz | out |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *ūt | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | ūt | out, outward |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |