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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
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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