Where does “astronave” come from?
astronave (Spanish) comes from Spanish nave, from Old Spanish naf, from Latin nāvis, from Proto-Italic naus, from German hinaus, from German aus, from Old High German ūz, from Proto-West Germanic *ūt — out, outward.
astronave (Spanish): spaceship; starship
Ancestry of “astronave”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | nave | ship vessel; craft, spaceship, spacecraft ,... |
| 2 | Old Spanish | naf | Apocopic form of naue |
| 3 | Latin | nāvis | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | naus | — |
| 5 | German | hinaus | out |
| 6 | German | aus | out; over; finished; done; up; off |
| 7 | Old High German | ūz | out |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | *ūt | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | ūt | out, outward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |