navel
Middle English
/ˈnaːvəl(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- navel of a human or animal
- centre, point, hub
Etymology
Inherited from Old English nafola (navel) inherited from *nabulō inherited from Proto-Germanic *nabulô inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nobʰilos (navel).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₃nobʰilos
Gloss
navel
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
臍
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- navel English
- navelless English
- navelwort English
- subnavel English
- umbilicus Latin
- umbilīcus Latin
- *h₃nobʰilos Proto-Indo-European
- *nabalô Proto-Germanic
- *nabulô Proto-Germanic
- eorþnafola Old English
- nafola Old English
- नाभि Sanskrit
- ناف Persian
- *nabulō gmw-pro
- *ambliyō Proto-Celtic
- نو Pashto, Pushto