Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nabō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑ.βɔː/

Noun

*nabō f

1. nave, hub

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *nabō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*nabō	*nabôz
vocative	*nabō	*nabôz
accusative	*nabǭ	*nabōz
genitive	*nabōz	*nabǫ̂
dative	*nabōi	*nabōmaz
instrumental	*nabō	*nabōmiz

Derived terms

• *nabōgaizaz

Related terms

• *ambô
• *nablô

Descendants

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

Further reading

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN