Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nabu

This Proto-West Germanic 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nabō.

Noun

*nabu f

1. nave, hub

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*nabu
Genitive	*nabā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*nabu	*nabō
Accusative	*nabā	*nabā
Genitive	*nabā	*nabō
Dative	*nabē	*nabōm, *nabum
Instrumental	*nabu	*nabōm, *nabum

Related terms

• *ambō
• *nabulō

Derived terms

• *nabugaiʀ

Descendants

• Old English: nafu
  • Middle English: nave, nawe, naf, naff, naffe (Northern)
    • English: nave
    • Scots: naff
• Old Frisian: *nave
  • West Frisian: nauwe
• Old Saxon: nava
  • Middle Low German: nāve
• Old Dutch: *nava
  • Middle Dutch: nāve
    • Dutch: naaf
      • Afrikaans: naaf
• Old High German: naba
  • Middle High German: nabe
    • German: Nabe
    • Luxembourgish: Nuef