Where does “navis” come from?
navis (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.
Ancestry of “navis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Italic | naus | — |
| 2 | German | hinaus | out |
| 3 | German | aus | out; over; finished; done; up; off |
| 4 | Old High German | ūz | out |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *ūt | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | ūt | out, outward |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |