Indo-European etymology : List with all references

Proto-IE: *(o)nAbh-

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Meaning: navel

Old Indian: nábhya- n. `nave, central part of a wheel'; nā́bhi- f. `navel; nave'

Avestan: nāfa- 'Nabel'

Other Iranian: NPers nāf 'Nabel'

Old Greek: omphaló-s m. `Nabel, Nabelschnur; Schildbuckel, Jochknopf'

Baltic: *nab-ā̂ f., *nab-[a]-

Germanic: *nab-ō f., *nab-[a]l-an- m., *naba-gaiza- n.

Latin: umbilīcus, -ī m. `Nabel', umbō, -ōnis m. `Schildbuckel'

Celtic: OIr imbliu `Nabel' (*imbilon-); MBret imlecan `Nabel'

Russ. meaning: пупок

References: WP I 130

Baltic etymology :

Proto-Baltic: *nab-ā̂ f., *nab-[a]-

Meaning: navel

Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology

Lettish: naba 'Nabel; am Pfluge das Querholz der Femern'

Old Prussian: nabis 'Nabel; Nabe am Rad'

Germanic etymology :

Proto-Germanic: *nabō, *nab[a]lēn, *naba-gaiza-n

Meaning: navel

IE etymology: IE etymology

Old Norse: nɔf `f. Nabel', nafli m. `id.', nafar-r m. `Naber, Nabenbohrer'

Norwegian: nŏv, navle

Swedish: nav, navel

Old Danish: navle

Danish: nav

Old English: nafa (?), -an m., nafu, -e f. `nave', nafela, -an m. `navel'; nafu-gār, -es m. `augar'

English: nave, navel, auger

Old Frisian: naula

Old Saxon: nava; navugēr

Middle Dutch: nāve f., m.; nāvel(e), naffel(e) m., f.; navegheer, navegher, avegheer, holl. navegaer

Dutch: naaf f.; navel m.; avegaar m.

Middle Low German: nāve; nāvel, naffel; (n)evegēr, never

Old High German: naba f. `Radnabe' (9.Jh.), nabulo (8.Jh.), nabalo (9.Jh.) `Nabel'; nabagēr

Middle High German: nabe st./wk. f. 'nabe'; nabel(e) st./wk. f. 'nabel'

German: Nabe f.; Nabel m.; { Naber }

Pokorny's dictionary :

Number: 480

Root: (enebh-1), embh-, ombh-, nō̆bh- (nēbh-?), m̥bh-

English meaning: navel

German meaning: `Nabel'

General comments: mehrfach mit l-Formantien.

Material: Ai. nábhya- n. `Nabe', nā́bhi- f. `Nabel, Nabe, Verwandtschaft', nābhīla- n. (unbelegt) `Schamgegend, Nabelvertiefung'; av. nabā-nazdišta- `der verwandtschaftlich nächststehende', daneben mit ar. ph: av. nāfō, npers. nāf `Nabel';

gr. ὀμφαλός (Nom. Pl. auch ὄμφαλες) `Nabel, Schildbuckel', wohl auch ὄμφακες `die unreifen Weinbeeren oder Oliven oder andere Früchte' (als nabelartig vorgestülpte Knöpfchen), ὀμφακίς `der Kelch der Eichel';

lat. umbilīcus `Nabel', umbō, -ōnis `Schildbuckel';

air. imbliu `Nabel' (*embilōn-), mir. imlecan ds. (ein Versuch zur Suffixerklärung bei Pedersen KG. I 495);

ahd. naba, ags. nafu, aisl. nǫf `Radnabe' (auch in ahd. naba-gēr, ags. nafu-gār, aisl. nafarr `grober Bohrer'), ahd. nabalo, ags. nafela, aisl. nafli `Nabel'; dazu nach Lidén KZ. 61, 17 ahd. amban, ambon, m. (o-St.) `Wanst', as. ámbón `abdomina', Nom. Akk. Pl. eines m. on-St. (germ. *amban-, idg. *ombhon-);

apr. nabis `Nabe, Nabel', lett. naba `Nabel'.

Vielleicht hierher ags. umbor `kleines Kind', auch der ital. VN Umbri (*m̥bh-), anderer Ablaut im germ. VN Ambrones (*ombh-) anders Kretschmer Gl. 21, 116 f.

References: WP. I 130, EM 1122, Specht Dekl. 100.

Pages: 314-315

PIE database: PIE database

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *HVnPV

Meaning: navel

Indo-European: *(o)nAbh-

Kartvelian: *u(m)ṗe-

Comments: [For Kartv. cf. perhaps rather PIE *wamp- `womb']

References: ОСНЯ 1, 248-249, МССНЯ 358; ND 829 *ħU(N)ṗVʔV 'navel' (+ dubious SH).

Kartvelian etymology :

Proto-Kartvelian: *u(m)ṗe-

Nostratic: Nostratic

Russian meaning: пуп

English meaning: navel

Georgian: uṗe

Megrel: omṗa

Megrel meaning (Rus.): верхнее бревно крыши дома

Megrel meaning (Eng.): upper log of roof

Laz: umṗa, omṗa

Notes and references: ЭСКЯ 186, EWK 345. В ОСНЯ 1, 248-249 сравнивается с ПИЕ *ombh- 'пуп', хотя и с сомнением (ввиду нерегулярности соответствия *ṗ : *bh); предположение о заимствовании из ПИЕ (Климов 1994, 127-129), однако, также не объясняет нерегулярности.