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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
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *(o)nAbh-
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'
Latin: umbilīcus, -ī m. `Nabel', umbō, -ōnis m. `Schildbuckel'
Celtic: OIr imbliu `Nabel' (*imbilon-); MBret imlecan `Nabel'
Russ. meaning: пупок
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Baltic etymology :
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Proto-Baltic: *nab-ā̂ f., *nab-[a]-
Meaning: navel
Lettish: naba 'Nabel; am Pfluge das Querholz der Femern'
Old Prussian: nabis 'Nabel; Nabe am Rad'
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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *nabō, *nab[a]lēn, *naba-gaiza-n
Meaning: navel
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 }
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *HVnPV
Meaning: navel
Comments: [For Kartv. cf. perhaps rather PIE *wamp- `womb']
References: ОСНЯ 1, 248-249, МССНЯ 358; ND 829 *ħU(N)ṗVʔV 'navel' (+ dubious SH). nostret-meaning,nostret-ier,nostret-kart,nostret-notes,nostret-reference,
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Kartvelian etymology :
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Proto-Kartvelian: *u(m)ṗe-
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.
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