diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d6b3777..676214b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # CurrentNavigation
 
-CurrentNavigation 1.1.3 ist ein SPFx-1.4.1-Application-Customizer für moderne Seiten in SharePoint Server
+CurrentNavigation 1.1.4 ist ein SPFx-1.4.1-Application-Customizer für moderne Seiten in SharePoint Server
 Subscription Edition. Die Solution ergänzt unterhalb der vorhandenen Einträge im modernen SiteNavigation-Bereich
 einen Treeview für das aktuelle Web. Native Einträge wie Documents bleiben unverändert sichtbar.
 
@@ -12,8 +12,11 @@ Die Steuerung erfolgt über Local Custom Properties:
 - CurrentNavigation.Hidden = true: Dieser Term und sein kompletter Unterbaum werden ausgeblendet.
 
 Die URL des Root-Terms wird mit pageContext.web.absoluteUrl verglichen. Sowohl die Web-URL selbst als auch eine
-Homepage unterhalb der Web-URL werden erkannt. Der Root-Term wird standardmäßig nicht dargestellt; seine direkten
-Kinder bilden die erste Navigationsebene.
+Homepage unterhalb der Web-URL werden erkannt. Der nächstgelegene Root-Term gilt außerdem für alle darunterliegenden
+Webs. Der Root-Term wird standardmäßig nicht dargestellt; seine direkten Kinder bilden die erste Navigationsebene.
+
+`TopNavigation.Hidden` beeinflusst die Current Navigation nicht. Ausschließlich `CurrentNavigation.Hidden` blendet
+einen Term und seinen Unterbaum aus.
 
 Der Treeview unterstützt auf- und zuklappbare Zweige, aktive Seitenpfade sowie die Navigation mit den Pfeiltasten,
 Pos1 und Ende.
diff --git a/ToDo.md b/ToDo.md
index df828a6..7ca8d8c 100644
--- a/ToDo.md
+++ b/ToDo.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # CurrentNavigation – Umsetzungsstand
 
-Zielversion: 1.1.3
+Zielversion: 1.1.4
 Status: Implementierung und lokale Tests abgeschlossen; Ship-Build auf Node 8 ausstehend
 
 - [x] SPFx Application Customizer für moderne Seiten
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Status: Implementierung und lokale Tests abgeschlossen; Ship-Build auf Node 8 au
 - [x] Cache-Dauer, Cache-Version und Debug-Modus
 - [x] CurrentNavigation.Root und CurrentNavigation.Hidden
 - [x] URL-basierte Zuordnung zum aktuellen Web
+- [x] Vererbung des nächstgelegenen CurrentNavigation.Root auf darunterliegende Webs
 - [x] Begrenzbare Navigationstiefe
 - [x] Sicherer DOM-Renderer ohne innerHTML
 - [x] Session-Cache mit Stale-Fallback
diff --git a/config/package-solution.json b/config/package-solution.json
index 833ef1e..85513b1 100644
--- a/config/package-solution.json
+++ b/config/package-solution.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "solution": {
     "name": "current-navigation-client-side-solution",
     "id": "bb8f9af5-b318-4111-8401-ce189cfe1b1a",
-    "version": "1.1.3.0",
+    "version": "1.1.4.0",
     "includeClientSideAssets": true,
     "skipFeatureDeployment": true
   },
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 1716c09..411ee9c 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "current-navigation",
-  "version": "1.1.3",
+  "version": "1.1.4",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 534b584..e162e64 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "current-navigation",
-  "version": "1.1.3",
+  "version": "1.1.4",
   "private": true,
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "engines": {
diff --git a/src/extensions/currentNavigation/CurrentNavigation.module.scss b/src/extensions/currentNavigation/CurrentNavigation.module.scss
index c19063f..b85e8a6 100644
--- a/src/extensions/currentNavigation/CurrentNavigation.module.scss
+++ b/src/extensions/currentNavigation/CurrentNavigation.module.scss
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 :global {
   #CurrentNavigationHost {
     width: 100%;
-    border-top: 1px solid "[theme: neutralLight, default: #edebe9]";
   }
 
   .current-navigation {
diff --git a/src/services/CurrentNavigationCore.ts b/src/services/CurrentNavigationCore.ts
index d982a2f..929460e 100644
--- a/src/services/CurrentNavigationCore.ts
+++ b/src/services/CurrentNavigationCore.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,14 @@ export function resolveTermUrl(term: ICurrentNavigationTerm, siteCollectionUrl:
 export function normalizeNavigationPath(value: string): string {
   let path: string = String(value || '').trim().toLowerCase();
   path = path.replace(/^https?:\/\/[^/]+/i, '').split('#')[0].split('?')[0].replace(/\/+$/, '');
+  try { path = decodeURIComponent(path); } catch (error) { /* Keep malformed URLs comparable as supplied. */ }
+  return path || '/';
+}
+
+export function normalizeRootWebPath(value: string): string {
+  let path: string = normalizeNavigationPath(value);
+  path = path.replace(/\/(?:sitepages|pages)\/.*\.aspx$/i, '');
+  path = path.replace(/\/(?:default|home)\.aspx$/i, '');
   return path || '/';
 }
 
@@ -45,26 +53,58 @@ export function selectCurrentNavigationRoot(
   siteCollectionUrl: string
 ): ICurrentNavigationTerm | undefined {
   const webPath: string = normalizeNavigationPath(currentWebUrl);
+  const hierarchyRoot: ICurrentNavigationTerm = selectRootByTermHierarchy(
+    terms, webPath, siteCollectionUrl
+  );
+  if (hierarchyRoot) { return hierarchyRoot; }
+
   let selected: ICurrentNavigationTerm | undefined;
   let selectedScore: number = -1;
   for (let i: number = 0; i < terms.length; i++) {
     if (!parseBoolean(getLocalProperty(terms[i], CurrentNavigationProperties.root))) { continue; }
     const url: string = resolveTermUrl(terms[i], siteCollectionUrl);
     if (!url) { continue; }
-    const candidatePath: string = normalizeNavigationPath(url);
+    const candidatePath: string = normalizeRootWebPath(url);
     let score: number = -1;
     if (candidatePath === webPath) {
       score = 30000 + candidatePath.length;
-    } else if (candidatePath.indexOf(webPath + '/') === 0) {
-      score = 20000 + webPath.length;
-    } else if (webPath.indexOf(candidatePath + '/') === 0) {
-      score = 10000 + candidatePath.length;
+    } else if (isDescendantPath(webPath, candidatePath)) {
+      score = 20000 + candidatePath.length;
     }
     if (score > selectedScore) { selected = terms[i]; selectedScore = score; }
   }
   return selected;
 }
 
+function selectRootByTermHierarchy(
+  terms: ICurrentNavigationTerm[],
+  webPath: string,
+  siteCollectionUrl: string
+): ICurrentNavigationTerm | undefined {
+  let selected: ICurrentNavigationTerm | undefined;
+  let selectedDepth: number = -1;
+  for (let i: number = 0; i < terms.length; i++) {
+    const termUrl: string = resolveTermUrl(terms[i], siteCollectionUrl);
+    if (!termUrl || normalizeRootWebPath(termUrl) !== webPath) { continue; }
+    const currentPath: string = String(terms[i].PathOfTerm || '').toLowerCase();
+    for (let j: number = 0; j < terms.length; j++) {
+      if (!parseBoolean(getLocalProperty(terms[j], CurrentNavigationProperties.root))) { continue; }
+      const rootPath: string = String(terms[j].PathOfTerm || '').toLowerCase();
+      const isAncestor: boolean = currentPath === rootPath || currentPath.indexOf(rootPath + ';') === 0;
+      const rootDepth: number = pathDepth(rootPath);
+      if (isAncestor && rootDepth > selectedDepth) {
+        selected = terms[j];
+        selectedDepth = rootDepth;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return selected;
+}
+
+function isDescendantPath(path: string, parentPath: string): boolean {
+  return parentPath === '/' ? path !== '/' : path.indexOf(parentPath + '/') === 0;
+}
+
 export function buildCurrentNavigationItems(
   terms: ICurrentNavigationTerm[],
   root: ICurrentNavigationTerm,
diff --git a/tests/CurrentNavigationCore.test.ts b/tests/CurrentNavigationCore.test.ts
index a27de96..9bb2a4d 100644
--- a/tests/CurrentNavigationCore.test.ts
+++ b/tests/CurrentNavigationCore.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {
-  buildCurrentNavigationItems, getLocalProperty, parseBoolean, resolveTermUrl, selectCurrentNavigationRoot
+  buildCurrentNavigationItems, getLocalProperty, normalizeRootWebPath, parseBoolean, resolveTermUrl,
+  selectCurrentNavigationRoot
 } from '../src/services/CurrentNavigationCore';
 import { ICurrentNavigationTerm } from '../src/services/CurrentNavigationTypes';
 
@@ -33,6 +34,8 @@ const root: ICurrentNavigationTerm = selectCurrentNavigationRoot(
   terms, 'https://portal/sites/portal/hr', 'https://portal/sites/portal'
 );
 assert('root is selected through its site home URL', !!root && root.Id === 'root');
+assert('site home URL is normalized to its web',
+  normalizeRootWebPath('/sites/portal/hr/SitePages/Home.aspx') === '/sites/portal/hr');
 const items = buildCurrentNavigationItems(terms, root, 'https://portal/sites/portal', 1031, 3, false);
 assert('root is not rendered by default', items.length === 1 && items[0].id === 'docs');
 assert('descendants are nested', items[0].items.length === 1 && items[0].items[0].id === 'forms');
@@ -44,4 +47,40 @@ const unordered = buildCurrentNavigationItems(
 );
 assert('hierarchy is independent of taxonomy response order',
   unordered.length === 1 && unordered[0].id === 'docs' && unordered[0].items[0].id === 'forms');
+
+const inheritedTerms: ICurrentNavigationTerm[] = [
+  term({ Id: 'kits', Name: 'KITS', PathOfTerm: 'Organisation;CIR;KITS', LocalCustomProperties: {
+    'CurrentNavigation.Root': 'true',
+    '_Sys_Nav_SimpleLinkUrl': 'http://dhs.contoso.local/organisation/cir/CIR_3/'
+  }}),
+  term({ Id: 'team', Name: 'Team SharePoint', PathOfTerm: 'Organisation;CIR;KITS;Team SharePoint',
+    LocalCustomProperties: {
+      'TopNavigation.Hidden': 'true',
+      '_Sys_Nav_SimpleLinkUrl': 'http://dhs.contoso.local/organisation/cir/CIR_13/'
+    }}),
+  term({ Id: 'games', Name: 'Spielewiese', PathOfTerm: 'Organisation;CIR;KITS;Team SharePoint;Spielewiese',
+    LocalCustomProperties: {
+      '_Sys_Nav_SimpleLinkUrl': 'http://dhs.contoso.local/organisation/cir/CIR_21/'
+    }})
+];
+const inheritedRoot: ICurrentNavigationTerm = selectCurrentNavigationRoot(
+  inheritedTerms,
+  'http://dhs.contoso.local/organisation/cir/CIR_21/',
+  'http://dhs.contoso.local/organisation/cir'
+);
+assert('nearest taxonomy ancestor root applies to a web with a generic URL',
+  !!inheritedRoot && inheritedRoot.Id === 'kits');
+const teamRoot: ICurrentNavigationTerm = selectCurrentNavigationRoot(
+  inheritedTerms,
+  'http://dhs.contoso.local/organisation/cir/CIR_13/',
+  'http://dhs.contoso.local/organisation/cir'
+);
+assert('taxonomy ancestor root also applies to the direct child web',
+  !!teamRoot && teamRoot.Id === 'kits');
+const inheritedItems = buildCurrentNavigationItems(
+  inheritedTerms, inheritedRoot, 'http://dhs.contoso.local/organisation/cir', 1031, 3, false
+);
+assert('top-navigation hidden does not hide current navigation terms',
+  inheritedItems.length === 1 && inheritedItems[0].id === 'team' &&
+  inheritedItems[0].items.length === 1 && inheritedItems[0].items[0].id === 'games');
 console.log('CurrentNavigation core tests passed:', passed);
diff --git a/tests/validate-static-assets.js b/tests/validate-static-assets.js
index 8808e9b..569b9ea 100644
--- a/tests/validate-static-assets.js
+++ b/tests/validate-static-assets.js
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ var manifest = json('src/extensions/currentNavigation/CurrentNavigationApplicati
 var app = read('src/extensions/currentNavigation/CurrentNavigationApplicationCustomizer.ts');
 var renderer = read('src/extensions/currentNavigation/CurrentNavigationRenderer.ts');
 var service = read('src/services/CurrentNavigationTaxonomyService.ts');
-assert('package version', packageJson.version === '1.1.3');
-assert('solution version', solution.version === '1.1.3.0');
+assert('package version', packageJson.version === '1.1.4');
+assert('solution version', solution.version === '1.1.4.0');
 assert('tenant deployment', solution.skipFeatureDeployment === true);
 assert('component type', manifest.extensionType === 'ApplicationCustomizer');
 assert('safe renderer', renderer.indexOf('innerHTML') < 0 && app.indexOf('innerHTML') < 0);
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ assert('targets SharePoint ms-Nav fallback', app.indexOf('nav[role="navigation"]
   app.indexOf("querySelector('.ms-Nav-navItems')") >= 0);
 assert('native navigation is not hidden', app.indexOf('current-navigation-managed') < 0 &&
   read('src/extensions/currentNavigation/CurrentNavigation.module.scss').indexOf(':not(#CurrentNavigationHost)') < 0);
-assert('row hover and neutral border', read('src/extensions/currentNavigation/CurrentNavigation.module.scss').indexOf('.current-navigation-row:hover') >= 0 &&
-  read('src/extensions/currentNavigation/CurrentNavigation.module.scss').indexOf('default: #edebe9') >= 0);
+assert('whole row hover',
+  read('src/extensions/currentNavigation/CurrentNavigation.module.scss').indexOf('.current-navigation-row:hover') >= 0);
 assert('custom navigation is appended below SiteNavigation', app.indexOf('this.siteNavigation.appendChild(this.host)') >= 0);
 assert('observer cleanup', app.indexOf('observer.disconnect()') >= 0);
 assert('treeview semantics', renderer.indexOf("setAttribute('role', root ? 'tree' : 'group')") >= 0 &&