Where does “nafu” come from?

nafu (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic nabu, from Proto-Germanic nabō, from Proto-Indo-European h₃nēbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₃nebʰ- — hub; navel.

nafu (Old English): nave (of wheel), hub

Definitions

  1. nave (of wheel), hub

Ancestry of “nafu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicnabunave, hub
2Proto-Germanicnabōnave, hub
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃nēbʰ-hub
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃nebʰ-hub; navel

Words derived from “nafu”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃nebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃nēbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic nabō →