Etymology Explorer › Ancient Greek

Where does “ναῦς” come from?

ναῦς (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European néh₂us, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₂- — to swim; to float.

ναῦς (Ancient Greek): a ship

Definitions

  1. a ship

Ancestry of “ναῦς”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeannéh₂usboat
2Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₂-to swim; to float

Words derived from “ναῦς”

  • noise
  • noisy
  • nausea
  • noiselessly
  • nautical
  • noisily
  • noiseless
  • astronaut
  • aeronautical
  • Nausicaa
  • aeronaut
  • nautilus
  • denoising
  • aeronautic
  • noisiness
  • noiselessness
  • antinausea
  • Naucratis
  • astronautics
  • noisemaker
  • nautically
  • denoised
  • nauplius
  • astronautical
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₂- →