Cognate Set 5026 – Meaning: navel

IE-CoR reference form:
*h₃nebʰ-
IE-CoR reference language:
Proto-Indo-European
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Justification:
Hellenic, Indo-Iranic, Baltic, Germanic, Italic, and Celtic lexemes derived from PIE *h₃nebʰ- 'navel' (NIL 385-387, cf. Beekes 2010:1080, EWAia II:13-14, Derksen 2015:562, Kroonen 2013:380, de Vaan 2008:639, Matasović 2009:33)
Found in clades:
Baltic, Celtic, Germanic, Hellenic, Indic, Iranic, Italic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 7 clades by 78 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
8   Greek: Modern Std afalós αφαλός afaˈlo̞s afaˈlo̞s
6   Greek: Ancient omphalós ὀμφαλός o̞mpʰaló̞s o̞mpʰaló̞s G.sg. ὀμφαλοῦ.
49   Khotanese nehä nɛːhə neːhə Gen. sg., stem probably nāhi- (nāha-,as given by Bailey, should not have unlaut in genitive).
21   Vedic: Early nā́bhiḥ नाभिः ˈnaːbʱih náːbʱis
46   Avestan: Younger nāfa 𐬥𐬁𐬟𐬀 naːfa navel; family
124   Latin umbilīcus umbiˈliːkus umbiˈliːkus G.sg. umbilīcī
66   Middle Persian nāfag nʾpg nɑːˈfaɣ naːfaɡ "centre, middle, navel", ZP nʾp̄(k)
56   Kurdish N.: Bahdini nafɨk nɑfɨk
13   Tsakonian: Peloponnese aphalé απ̔αλέ apʰaˈle̞ apʰaˈle̞
14   Tsakonian: Propontis aphalé απ̔αλέ apʰaˈle̞ apʰaˈle̞
9   Greek: Cappadocian nefalós νεφαλός nefaˈlos nefaˈlos also /n(o/a)faˈlos/
12   Greek: Italiot affaló αφφαλό affaˈlo̞ afaˈlo̞ Cal.
10   Greek: Pontic ofalós οφαλός o̞faˈlo̞s o̞faˈlo̞s also /(n)ifaˈlo̞s/
11   Greek: Cypriot arfállin αρφάλλιν ɐˈrfɐlːin ɐˈrfɐllin Alternative form: αφφάλλιν.
73   Ossetic: Digor naffæ наффӕ nɑfːɜ naffɜ
67   Persian: Tehran nāf ناف nɒf
129   Italian ombelico ombeˈliːko ombeˈliko
130   Friulian umbriçon uŋʷbriˈtʃɔŋ umbriˈtʃɔn
131   Ladin embracion əmbraˈtʃoŋ
134   Sardinian: Logudoro imbíligu ˈimbiːliɣu ˈimbiːliɣu
135   Anglo-Norman umbril also numblil
136   French nombril nɔ̃bʁil nɔ̃bʁil
142   Old Spanish ombligo omˈbliɡo
143   Spanish ombligo ɔmˈbliɣo omˈbliɡo
144   Portuguese umbigo umˈbiɣu umˈbiɡu
125   Romanian buric buˈɾik buˈɾik
53   Yaghnobi nōf AF nṓfa
74   Latvian naba ˈnɑbɑ nɑbɑ
158   Old Irish imbliu ˈɪmʲbʲlʲʊ ˈimʲbʲlʲu
159   Gaelic: Scottish imleag imilaɡ
160   Gaelic: Manx imleig iˈmlʲɛːɡ iˈmlʲɛːɡ imleog
161   Gaelic: Irish imleacán ˈɪmʲlʲəkˠʰɑːnˠ ˈØʲəmʲlʲəkˠaːnˠ
141   Catalan melic məˈɫik məˈlik
103   Icelandic nafli
104   Faroese nalvi
105   Norwegian: Bokmål navle ˈnɑ̀ʋlə ˈnɑ̀ʋlɛ
107   Elfdalian navel
108   Old Swedish nafle ˈnafle nafle
109   Swedish navel
110   Danish navle ˈnɑwlə
122   German Bauchnabel ˈbaʊχˌnaːbl̩ ˈbaʊçˌnaːbəl
121   Luxembourgish Nuebel ˈnuəbəl ˈnuəbəl
116   Dutch navel
117   Flemish navel
77   Old Prussian nabis
31   Nepali nāiṭō नाइटो naiʈo
34   Kashmiri naːn نان nɑːn nɑːn
71   Kumzari nāwaġ naːwɐʁ naːwɐʁ
22   Pali nābhi naːbʱɪ naːbʱi
114   Frisian nâle nɔːlə
139   Franco-Provençal lanbri lɔ̃ˈbɾi lɔ̃ˈbri
128   Neapolitan vellicolo vəlˈlikələ vəlˈlikələ
123   German: Bernese Nabel nɑbu nab̥əl
62   Tati nāfe nafe
48   Sogdian nāfē nʾfy naːfeː reconstructed from S nʾβʾk (hapax)
63   Mazanderani nāf nɒf
68   Bakhtiari nāf nɑf nɑf
69   Delvari nɒf nɒf
70   Lari naha naha
64   Balochi: Sistani nāpag nɑpæɡ
57   Kurdish C.: Jafi nāwkǝ nɑwkə
126   Megleno-Romanian buríc
138   Old Occitan embourigou also: embonilh
140   Old Catalan llombrígol ʎomˈbɾiɣoɫ ʎomˈbɾiɣoɫ
61   Raji: Barzoki nạf na̠ˁf na̠ˁf
50   Pashto noom نوم nuːm nuːm
58   Kurdish S.: Elami nāwk nɒwk Some speakers of this variety use the form nawk, but the interviewed speaker uses nāwk.
60   Hawrami naha næhæ
119   Old High German nabulo ˈnabulo ˈnabulo
52   Sarikoli vnuj vnud͡ʑ "S[arikoli] vïnuǰ < *nuvaǰ < *nābaka-?" (Morgenstierne (1974: 47)
120   Middle High German nabel ˈnabəl ˈnabəl
111   Old English nafela ˈnɑvelɑ ˈnɑfelɑ
115   Middle Dutch navele ˈnaːvələ ˈnaːvələ
102   Old Icelandic nafli ˈnavli ˈnafli
106   Norwegian: Nynorsk navle ˈnɑʋlə ˈnɑʋlɛ
145   Portuguese: Brazilian umbigo
59   Kurdish S.: Qorveh nāwɨk nɑwɨk
24   Assamese nāṛi নাড়ি nɑɾi
References
  • Beekes, Robert: 1080
    S.v. ὀμφαλός 'navel, navel string' < *h₃enbʰ-, *h₃mbʰ-, *h₃nebʰ- 'navel'. The Greek words for navel correspond closely to Lat. umbilīcus and OIr. imbliu, reflecting a common derived base *h₃mbʰ-l-.
  • Derksen, Rick: 562
    S.v. OPruss. nabis 'navel' from PIE *h₃nebʰ- (cf. Skt. nā́bhi- 'Navel', Gk. ὀμφαλός 'navel; umbilical cord', Lat. umbilīcus 'navel, centre', OHG naba 'nave', nabalo, nabulo 'navel').
  • Kroonen, Guus: 380
    S.v. Proto-Germanic *nablan- 'navel', as though from PIE *h₃nobʰ-l-on- (cf. Gk. ὀμφαλός < *h₃mbʰ-l̥-, Lat. umbilīcus < *h₃mbʰ-e/ol- + *-īko-, OIr. imbliu 'navel' < *h₃mbʰ-el-ion-).
  • Matasović, Ranko: 33
    S.v. Proto-Celtic *ambliyon- 'navel', generalised from the oblique stem of the PIE word for 'navel' *h₃nbʰ-l-.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred: II:13-14
    S.v. Ved. nábhya- 'Nabe des Rades' (Av. nāfa- 'Nabel, Ursprung, Blutsverwandtschaft' MPers. nāfag, etc.), from PIE *h₃nebʰ-/*h₃nobʰ-/*h₃n̥bʰ- 'Nabel, usw.' (cf. Gk. ὀμφαλός, Lat. umbilīcus, etc.).
  • Morgenstierne, Georg: 47
    "S[arikoli] vïnuǰ < *nuvaǰ < *nābaka-?"
  • Wodtko, Dagmar S. and Irslinger, Britta and Schneider, Carolin: 385-387
    S.v. *h₃nebʰ- 'Nabel, Nabe' (IEW 314f.).
  • de Vaan, Michiel: 639
    S.v. umbilīcus 'navel, centre', from PIE *h₃nebʰ-(e/o)l- 'navel'.