Where does “taivas” come from?

taivas (Karelian) comes from Proto-Finnic taivas, from Proto-Balto-Slavic deiwas, from Proto-Indo-European deywós, from Proto-Indo-European dyew- — to be bright; sky, heaven.

taivas (Karelian): sky

Definitions

  1. sky

Ancestry of “taivas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnictaivassky
2Proto-Balto-Slavicdeiwasgod
3Proto-Indo-Europeandeywósgod
4Proto-Indo-Europeandyew-to be bright; sky, heaven
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dyew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European deywós →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic deiwas →