Where does “nav” come from?

nav (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse nǫf, from Proto-Germanic nabō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃nēbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₃nebʰ- — hub; navel.

nav (Norwegian Bokmål): a hub

Definitions

  1. a hub

Ancestry of “nav”, step by step

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