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

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Abdullah Konushevci
<akonushevci@...> wrote:

> 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
> ************
> Also in Albanian is present <ne-jë> 'indwelling, stand' (*ai > Alb.
> /e/) with secondary form <nde•një> 'id.'.
>

Any connection with 'nave' of a church (supposedly
from 'navis' "ship", but cf. as G&I point out, the connection
between the "ship" word and Skt. 'naur' "corpse" etc)? Danish
churches traditionally have a model of a ship suspended from a vault.


Torsten