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
Ancestry of “navle”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | nafli | a navel |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | nabalô | navel |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃nobʰ- | navel, nave |
Words derived from “navle”