Where does “Nuef” come from?

Nuef (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German naba, from Proto-West Germanic nabu, from Proto-Germanic nabō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃nēbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₃nebʰ- — hub; navel.

Nuef (Luxembourgish): hub, nave

Definitions

  1. hub, nave

Ancestry of “Nuef”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germannabanave; hub
2Proto-West Germanicnabunave, hub
3Proto-Germanicnabōnave, hub
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃nēbʰ-hub
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃nebʰ-hub; navel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃nebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃nēbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic nabō →