Where does “tyr” come from?

tyr (Danish) comes from Old Norse Týr, from Proto-Germanic Tīwaz, from Proto-Indo-European deywós, from Proto-Indo-European dyew- — to be bright; sky, heaven.

tyr (Danish): bull; Taurean; present tense of ty

Definitions

  1. bull; Taurean; present tense of ty

Ancestry of “tyr”, step by step

tyr traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse Týr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old NorseTýrTyr
2Proto-GermanicTīwazof Tiw; god; Tyr, god of war
3Proto-Indo-Europeandeywósgod
4Proto-Indo-Europeandyew-to be bright; sky, heaven

via Old Danish thiur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Danishthiur—
2Old Norseþjórrbull
3Proto-Germanicþeurazbull
4Proto-Indo-Europeantáwroswild bull, aurochs

Words derived from “tyr”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dyew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European deywós →Every word from Proto-Germanic Tīwaz →