Where does “*imlec” come from?

*imlec (Middle Irish) comes from Old Irish imbliu, from Proto-Celtic *ambelyū, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nóbʰōl — navel.

Ancestry of “*imlec”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishimbliunavel
2Proto-Celtic*ambelyū—
3Proto-Indo-European*h₃nóbʰōlnavel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nóbʰōl →Every word from Proto-Celtic *ambelyū →Every word from Old Irish imbliu →