navigate
‘to go from one place to another in a vessel, to sail, manage, steer, control, or direct the course of (a vessel)’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. nauigate, navigat < Lat. navigatus < navigare ‘to sail, sail over, go by sea, steer a ship’ < navis ‘ship’ + agere ‘to set in motion, drive, drive forward’ < ugh < ag- < Tamil ukai