Where does “naia” come from?
naia (Italian) comes from Proto-Uralic naje, from French nager, from Old French nagier, from Latin nāvigō, from Latin nāvis, from Proto-Italic naus, from German hinaus, from German aus — out, outward.
naia (Italian): cobra; national service, draft
Definitions
- cobra; national service, draft
Ancestry of “naia”, step by step
naia traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Proto-Uralic naje
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Uralic | naje | woman |
| 2 | French | nager | to swim |
| 3 | Old French | nagier | to sail; to cross water; to sail; to swim |
| 4 | Latin | nāvigō | to sail, navigate, seafare, embark |
| 5 | Latin | nāvis | ship, boat, vessel; a fleet in the plural |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | naus | — |
| 7 | German | hinaus | out |
| 8 | German | aus | out; over; finished; done; up; off |
| 9 | Old High German | ūz | out |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | *ūt | out, outward |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | ūt | out, outward |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |
via Translingual Naja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Translingual | Naja | genus |
| 2 | Sinhalese | නයා | cobra |
| 3 | Sanskrit | नाग | a snake, especially Coluber naga; a naga or... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | nogʷós | bare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude |
via Venetian naja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venetian | naja | conscription, military service |