navel
English
/ˈneɪvəl/
noun
Definitions
- (anatomy) The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.
- The central part or point of anything; the middle.
- A navel orange.
- (historical) An eye on the underside of a carronade for securing it to a carriage.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English navel inherited from Old English nafola (navel) inherited from Proto-Germanic *nabalô 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
- nave English
- naved English
- naveless English
- navelike English
- navelless English
- navelwort English
- omphalo- English
- subnavel English
- umbilical English
- wort English
- *umbiliculus Latin
- nāvis Latin
- umbilicus Latin
- umbilīcus Latin
- Bauchnabel German
- Nabel German
- navel Dutch, Flemish
- navelpiercing Dutch, Flemish
- navelsnoer Dutch, Flemish
- navelstreng Dutch, Flemish
- naveltrui Dutch, Flemish
- nef French
- ombilic French
- umbilical Spanish, Castilian
- ὀμφαλόεις Ancient Greek
- ὀμφαλός Ancient Greek
- *h₃m̥bʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃m̥bʰ-Vl-īkos Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃nobh-ilos Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃nobʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃nobʰilos Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃nobʰis Proto-Indo-European
- *nabalô Proto-Germanic
- *nabulô Proto-Germanic
- eorþnafola Old English
- nafola Old English
- नाभि Sanskrit
- navel Middle English
- nafli Old Norse
- navle Danish
- navlestreng Danish
- नाभि Hindi
- नाभिक Hindi
- umbilical Galician
- ناف Persian
- navele Middle Dutch
- nabalo Old High German
- navo Ido
- నాభి Telugu
- *nabulō gmw-pro
- *navalo Old Dutch
- *ambliyō Proto-Celtic
- નાભિ Gujarati
- नाभि Marathi
- *Hnā́bʰiṣ Proto-Indo-Aryan
- nowuł Vilamovian
- نو Pashto, Pushto
- nabis Old Prussian