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Where does “nahwós” come from?

nahwós (Proto-Hellenic) comes from Proto-Indo-European nes- — to return home.

Ancestry of “nahwós”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeannes-to return home

Words derived from “nahwós”

  • naos
  • naoi
  • naology
  • ναός
  • ναός
  • נוסא
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