/navlə/, [ˈnɑwlə]
OriginFrom Old Norse nafli, from Proto-Germanic *nabalô, cognate with English navel, German Nabel. The Germanic word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₃nobʰ- (“navel, nave”), which is also the source of Latin umbilīcus, Ancient Greek ὀμφαλός (omphalós), and the Germanic word for "nave", *nabō.
Formsnavlen(definite, singular) · navler(indefinite, plural) · navle(indefinite, nominative, singular) · navlen(definite, nominative, singular) · navler(indefinite, nominative, plural) · navlerne(definite, nominative, plural) · navles(genitive, indefinite, singular) · navlens(definite, genitive, singular) · navlers(genitive, indefinite, plural) · navlernes(definite, genitive, plural)