Etymology

Tyr

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Today it means: The Norse god of war, identifiable with Tiu or Tiw. Full definition →

Old Norse Týr ← Proto-Germanic *Tīwaz ← Proto-Indo-European *dyew-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dyew-“god”
  2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*Tīwaz
  3. Old Norse · borrowed fromTýr
  4. English todayTyr

From Old Norse Týr, from Proto-Germanic *Tīwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“god”). Doublet of Tiw.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*Tīwaz all →

Tiu

Proto-Indo-European*dyew- all →

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