Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₃nebʰ-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Root

*h₃nebʰ-[1][2]

hub
navel

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃nebʰ-

*h₃émbʰ-ō ~ *h₃m̥bʰ-nés[3][4]
- Proto-Germanic: *ambô (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Italic: *ombō[4]
  - Latin: umbō (see there for further descendants)
*h₃nēbʰ-o- ~ *h₃nēbʰ-eh₂-[5]
- Armenian:
  - Old Armenian: անիւ (aniw, “wheel”) (see there for further descendants)
*h₃nobʰ-eh₂[6]
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *nabāˀ
  - Latgalian: noba
  - Latvian: naba
- Proto-Germanic: *nabō (see there for further descendants)
- → Proto-Finnic: *napa (see there for further descendants)
*h₃nóbʰ-i-s[6]
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *nabis
  - Old Prussian: nabis
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hnā́bʰiš
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hnā́bʰiṣ
    - Sanskrit: नाभि (nā́bhi) (see there for further descendants)
*h₃nóbʰ-ōl
*h₃nóbʰ-yo-m
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hnábʰyam
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hnábʰyam
    - Sanskrit: नभ्य (nábhya)
*h₃nṓbʰ-s ~ *h₃nebʰ-és
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hnā́ps ~ *Hnabʰás
  - Proto-Iranian: *Hnā́fas (see there for further descendants)

References

Pokorny, Julius (1959), “1. (enehh-), emhh-, ombh-, nō̆bh- (nēbh-?), m̥bh-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 314-315
Kölligan, Daniel (2017–2018), “Chapter XX: Proto-Indo-European”, in Klein, Jared S.; Joseph, Brian D.; Fritz, Matthias, editor, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The lexicon of Proto-Indo-European, page 2267: “*h₃nebʰ-”
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*amban-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 24
De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “umbō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 639
Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 89–90
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*nabō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 380-381

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959), “1. (enehh-), emhh-, ombh-, nō̆bh- (nēbh-?), m̥bh-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 314-315

[2] Kölligan, Daniel (2017–2018), “Chapter XX: Proto-Indo-European”, in Klein, Jared S.; Joseph, Brian D.; Fritz, Matthias, editor, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The lexicon of Proto-Indo-European, page 2267: “*h₃nebʰ-”

[3] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*amban-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 24

[EDL-4] De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “umbō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 639

[5] Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 89–90

[EDPG-6] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*nabō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 380-381