Where does “nav” come from?

nav (Romansch) comes from Latin navis, from Proto-Italic naus, from German hinaus, from German aus, from Old High German ūz, from Proto-West Germanic *ūt, from Proto-Germanic ūt, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

nav (Romansch): ship

Definitions

  1. ship

Ancestry of “nav”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnavisi-stem; ship; nave
2Proto-Italicnaus—
3Germanhinausout
4Germanausout; over; finished; done; up; off
5Old High Germanūzout
6Proto-West Germanic*ūtout, outward
7Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
8Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →Every word from Proto-Germanic ūt →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *ūt →