*nabō

Runic: ᚾᚨᛒᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈnɑ.βɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

nave, hub

From Pre-Germanic *h₃nobʰeh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nebʰ- (‘nave, hub’). Cognate with Latvian naba (‘navel’).

*nabu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *nava (Old Dutch)
  - nāve (Middle Dutch)
    - naaf (Dutch)
      - naaf (Afrikaans)
*nabu (Proto-West Germanic)
- nafu (Old English)
  - nave, nawe, naf, naff, naffe (Middle English)
    - nave (English)
    - naff (Scots)
*nabu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *nave (Old Frisian)
  - nauwe (West Frisian)
*nabu (Proto-West Germanic)
- naba (Old High German)
  - nabe (Middle High German)
    - Nabe (German)
    - Nuef (Luxembourgish)
*nabu (Proto-West Germanic)
- nava (Old Saxon)
  - nāve (Middle Low German)
ᚾᚨᛒᛟᛉ (naboʀ) (Proto-Norse)
- nǫf (Old Norse)
  - nav (Danish)
  - nöf (Icelandic)
  - nav (Norwegian Bokmål)
  - nav (Norwegian Nynorsk)
ᚾᚨᛒᛟᛉ (naboʀ) (Proto-Norse)
- nǫf (Old Norse)
  - naf (Old Swedish)
    - nav (Swedish)
*napa (Proto-Finnic)