Proto-Indo-European

*néh₂us

‘boat’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us.

25 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us, most familiar first.

• navy ← nave ← navie ← nāvigia ← nāvigō
• noise ← noyse ← nausia ← ναυσία ← ναῦς
• naval ← nāvālis ← nāvis
• navigation ← nāvigātiōnem ← nāvigātiō ← nāvigō ← nāvis
• navigate ← nāvigātus ← nāvigō ← nāvis
• nautical ← nautique ← nauticus ← ναυτικός ← ναύτης
• navigator ← nāvigō ← nāvis
• aeronautics ← aéronautique ← nautique ← nauticus ← ναυτικός
• navigable ← navigabilis ← nāvigō ← nāvis
• nao ← nau ← nau ← navis ← *naus ~ *nāwis
• nautilus ← ναυτίλος ← ναύτης ← ναῦς ← *nā́us
• nau ← nāvis ← *naus ~ *nāwis

More words from *néh₂us

• astronautics
• nef
• nacelle
• navicular
• navicula
• nautic
• aeronef
• innavigable
• naviform
• nautiform
• nauscopy
• naveta
• pseudonavicula

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us