Where does “navle” come from?

navle (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse nafli, from Proto-Germanic nabalô, from Proto-Indo-European h₃nobʰ- — navel, nave.

navle (Norwegian Bokmål): a navel

Definitions

  1. a navel

Ancestry of “navle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsenaflia navel
2Proto-Germanicnabalônavel
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃nobʰ-navel, nave

Words derived from “navle”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃nobʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic nabalô →Every word from Old Norse nafli →