Last I heard, there was no agreed-upon etymology of Olympus, but the closest thing to a consensus says it is definitely not from Greek. That would make sense, since a number of ancient Greek place names (such as Mount Parnassus, adjacent to Apollo's Delphi) come from a language other than Greek. It's a common practice of colonizers or immigrants to use old place names not in their language when they settle in a new place. I think that's somewhat what happened with Greeks, but again, it's a wide-open question since we have not yet agreed on a language from which names like Parnassus or Olympus come.
What is the source of the name 'Olympus' then?
Last I heard, there was no agreed-upon etymology of Olympus, but the closest thing to a consensus says it is definitely not from Greek. That would make sense, since a number of ancient Greek place names (such as Mount Parnassus, adjacent to Apollo's Delphi) come from a language other than Greek. It's a common practice of colonizers or immigrants to use old place names not in their language when they settle in a new place. I think that's somewhat what happened with Greeks, but again, it's a wide-open question since we have not yet agreed on a language from which names like Parnassus or Olympus come.
Thank you.