Where does “nāvis” come from?

nāvis (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic naus, from German hinaus, from German aus, from Old High German ūz, from Proto-West Germanic *ūt, from Proto-Germanic ūt, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

nāvis (Latin): ship, boat, vessel; a fleet in the plural

Definitions

  1. ship, boat, vessel; a fleet in the plural

Ancestry of “nāvis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicnaus—
2Germanhinausout
3Germanausout; over; finished; done; up; off
4Old High Germanūzout
5Proto-West Germanic*ūtout, outward
6Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
7Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

Words derived from “nāvis”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →Every word from Proto-Germanic ūt →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *ūt →