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Where does “navus” come from?

navus (Latin) comes from Proto-Celtic gnāwos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₃wós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

Ancestry of “navus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticgnāwosknowledge
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₃wós—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- →