köken: Possibly from Low German and Middle Low German jolle (“dinghy”), possibly ultimately from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewlos (“tube”), see also Lithuanian aulas, Norwegian aul, Hittite [script needed] (auli-, “tube-shaped organ in the neck”), Albanian hollë, Latin alvus.
köken: Attested since 1529, from Low German jolle, from Middle Low German jolle, possibly ultimately from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewlos (“tube”), see also Lithuanian aulas, Norwegian aul, Hittite [script needed] (auli-, “tube-shaped organ in the neck”), Albanian hollë, Latin alvus.
köken: From Low German jolle, from Middle Low German jolle, possibly ultimately from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewlos (“tube”), see also Lithuanian aulas, Norwegian aul, Hittite [script needed] (auli-, “tube-shaped organ in the neck”), Albanian hollë, Latin alvus. Compare with German Jolle and Dutch jol.
köken: Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑀸𑀯𑀸 (ṇāvā), from Sanskrit नौ (náu), नावा (nāvā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *náHuṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náHuš, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us. Cognate with Hindi नाव (nāv), Pali nāvā, and Punjabi ਨਾਉ (nāu). Cognate through Indo-European with Ancient Greek ναῦς (naûs), Persian ناو (nâv), and Spanish nave.