Where does “Týr” come from?
Týr (Faroese) comes from Faroese Týrur, from Old Norse Týrr, from Old Norse týr, from Proto-Germanic Tīwaz, from Proto-Indo-European deywós, from Proto-Indo-European dyew- — to be bright; sky, heaven.
Týr (Faroese): accusative of Týrur
Ancestry of “Týr”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Faroese | Týrur | — |
| 2 | Old Norse | Týrr | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | týr | god |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | Tīwaz | of Tiw; god; Tyr, god of war |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | deywós | god |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |