Luwian language
It was suggested by L. Palmer, the philologist, that Parnassus is a name formed in the Luwian language, one of the Anatolian group of languages. In his view the name derives from "parnassas", the possessive adjective of the Luwian word "parna" meaning "house", or specifically "temple", so the name effectively means the "mountain of the house of the god". Such a derivation, being consistent with the reputation of the mountain as being a holy one, where the power of divinity is manifested, has always been considered a strong one, even by critics of the theory. Palmer goes on to postulate that some pre-Greek people were Anatolian, perhaps from an earlier wave of conquest, and that their country and facilities were appropriated by the proto-Greeks.