Etymology

Tiu

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Today it means: The ancient Germanic god of war and the sky, identified with Tyr of Norse mythology. Full definition →

Old English Tīw ← Proto-West Germanic *Tīw ← Proto-Germanic *Tīwaz
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*deywós“god”
  2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*Tīwaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*Tīw
  4. Old English · derived fromTīw
  5. English todayTiu

Revived from Old English Tīw, from Proto-West Germanic *Tīw, from Proto-Germanic *Tīwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god”). Doublet of Tuesday and Tyr.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*Tīwaz all →

Tyr

Proto-Indo-European*deywós all →

joss

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.