Where does “пуп” come from?

пуп (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic pǫpъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic pomp-.

пуп (Serbo-Croatian): bud, burgeon

Definitions

  1. bud, burgeon

Ancestry of “пуп”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicpǫpъbud, navel
2Proto-Balto-Slavicpomp-
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic pomp-Every word from Proto-Slavic pǫpъ
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