Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nabulō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nabulô.

Noun

*nabulō m

1. navel

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*nabulō
Genitive	*nabulini, *nabulan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*nabulō	*nabulan
Accusative	*nabulan	*nabulan
Genitive	*nabulini, *nabulan	*nabulanō
Dative	*nabulini, *nabulan	*nabulum
Instrumental	*nabulini, *nabulan	*nabulum

Related terms

• *ambō
• *nabu

Descendants

• Old English: nafola, nabula, nafela, navela
  • Middle English: navel, navele, navill, navyll, navle, naule, nawle, novel, novle, novele, nowle
    • English: navel
    • Scots: nyvel
• Old Frisian: navla
  • North Frisian: nawel
  • Saterland Frisian: Nauel
  • West Frisian: nâle
• Old Saxon: *navalo
  • Middle Low German: nâvel
    • German Low German: Naffel
    • Plautdietsch: Nowel
• Old Dutch: *navalo
  • Middle Dutch: navele, navel
    • Dutch: navel
      • Afrikaans: nawel, nauel
    • Limburgish: navel
• Old High German: nabalo, nabulo
  • Middle High German: nabele, nabel
    • German: Nabel
    • Hunsrik: Nawel
    • Luxembourgish: Nuebel
    • Vilamovian: nowuł
    • Yiddish: נאָפּל (nopl)