נאָפּל
־ען
דער
'navel, bellybutton'

ETYMOLOGY

{Why medial [p]? But with [b] in East German WY and Dutch WY, and [v] in Southwest WY.}
Beider suggests Bavarian influence: Bavarian nappel, nabel.

{Beider 2015: 102.}
II. MHG nabele, nabel; from OHG napalo, nabalo.
{BMZ II/1:283a. DW¹ 13:5. Lexer 2:2.}
III. ON nafli, OE nafela, English navel, OHG napalo, nabalo, nabal, napl, MHG nabele, nabel, NHG Nabel; from PGmc ✱nablan- 'navel'; from PIE ✱h₃nobʰ-l-on-; cf. Greek ὀμφαλός 'navel', Latin umbilīcus 'navel'

WESTERN

Holland (Netherlands)

nabbel [HOLLAND, Beem, Jerosche}
- E kratz ibber de nabbel. 'A trifle, which people are very busy about. Taken from a child, who cries violently for e kratz iber de nabbel.' {Jerosche №522}

Alsace (France)

navl̩ {ALSACE - LOWER RHINE, Zuckerman 1969, 43}
- naːvl̩ {UPPER RHINE, Zuckerman 1969, 43}

dəʁ- naːvl̩ {ALSACE, 47075 Mulhouse, 029-021}

Oyberland (West Transcarpathian)

nǭpl̥ {WTCP, Budapest, Hutterer 1965: 126}

də noːpl {WTCP, Dunajská Streda, 47179}

dər noˑpl, noːpl {WTCP, Vác, 47197}

nʊpl {WTCP, Berettyó-Újfalu, 47212}

CENTRAL

Unterland (East Transcarpathian)

nupl {ETCP, U. Weinreich 1964: 261}

nupl {ETCP, Teiuș, 46233}

nuplʲ {ETCP, Sîg Felső Szek, 47223}

nupl {ETCP, Bistriţa, 47241}