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

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

Derived terms

*nabugaiʀ

Descendants

Old English: nafu
- Middle English: nave, nawe; naf, naff, naffe
  - 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
Old High German: naba
- Middle High German: nabe
  - German: Nabe
  - Luxembourgish: Nuef

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