navle
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse nafli, from Proto-Germanic *nabalô, cognate with English navel, German Nabel. The Germanic word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₃nobʰ- (“navel, nave”), which is also the source of Latin umbilīcus, Ancient Greek ὀμφαλός (omphalós), and the Germanic word for "nave", *nabō.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
navle c (singular definite navlen, plural indefinite navler)
Declension edit
Declension of navle
Further reading edit
- navle on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Middle English edit
Noun edit
navle
- Alternative form of navel
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
navle m (definite singular navlen, indefinite plural navler, definite plural navlene)
- a navel
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “navle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
navle m (definite singular navlen, indefinite plural navlar, definite plural navlane)
- a navel
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “navle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.