(enebh-1), embh-, ombh-, nō̆ bh- (nēbh-?), m̥bh-

    (enebh-1), embh-, ombh-, nō̆ bh- (nēbh-?), m̥bh-

    English meaning: navel

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Nabel”

    Note: plural with l- formant.

    Material: O.Ind. nábhya- n. “hub”, nǘ bhi- f. “navel, hub, kinship”, nübhīla- n. (uncovered) “ pubic region, navel dent”; Av. nabü-nazdišta- “ der verwandtschaftlich nächststehende “, besides with ar. ph: Av. nüfō, Pers. nüf “navel”; Gk. ὀμφαλός (nom. pl. also ὄμφαλες) “navel, shield boss “, probably also ὄμφακες “ the unripe grapes or olives or other fruit “ (als nabelartig vorgestũlpte Knöpfchen), ὀμφακίς “ cup of the acorn of Valonia oak, used for tanning, and as an astringent medicine”; Maybe zero grade in Alb. mbulonj “cover, shield, protect”. Lat. umbilīcus “navel”, umbō, -ōnis “ a swelling, rounded elevation, knob, shield boss “; O.Ir. imbliu “navel” (*embilōn-), M.Ir. imlecan ds. (an attempt to the suffix explanation by Pedersen KG. I 495); O.H.G. naba, O.E. nafu, O.Ice. nǫf “hub of a wheel” (also in O.H.G. naba-gēr, O.E. nafugür, O.Ice. nafarr “grober borer”), O.H.G. nabalo, O.E. nafela, O.Ice. nafli “navel”; in addition after Lidé n KZ. 61, 17 O.H.G. amban, ambon, m. (o-stem) “paunch”, O.S. ámbón “ the belly, abdomen “, nom. acc. pl. m. on-stem (Gmc. *amban-, IE *ombhon-); O.Pruss. nabis “hub, navel”, Ltv. naba “navel”. Perhaps here O.E. umbor ‘small kid, child”, also the Ital. VN Umbri (*m̥bh-), other ablaut in Gmc. VN Ambrones (*ombh-) different Kretschmer Gl. 21, 116 f.

    References: WP. I 130, EM 1122, Specht Decl. 100.