Re: [tied] Re: Greek naos "temple": IE?

From: Abdullah Konushevci
Message: 37440
Date: 2005-04-28

On 4/28/05, Daniel J. Milton <dmilt1896@...> wrote:
>
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...>
> wrote:
> > Is there any IE etymology for Greek naos "temple" (Attic neo:s,
> Aeolian naus) < *naswos ?
> >
> > Joao SL
> ********
> According to Buck's "Synonyms", *naswos "dwelling (of a deity)"
> <naio "dwell". The latter appears from L&S to have been a poetic
> word used instead of the more ordinary 'oikeo'. I can't help with its
> etymology.
> Dan Milton
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Also in Albanian is present <ne-jë> 'indwelling, stand' (*ai > Alb.
/e/) with secondary form <nde•një> 'id.'.

Konushevci