Where does “tyr” come from?
tyr (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish tyr, from Old Norse Týr, from Proto-Germanic Tīwaz, from Proto-Indo-European deywós, from Proto-Indo-European dyew- — to be bright; sky, heaven.
tyr (Norwegian Bokmål): bull; Taurus
Ancestry of “tyr”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Danish | tyr | bull; Taurean; present tense of ty |
| 2 | Old Norse | Týr | Tyr |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | Tīwaz | of Tiw; god; Tyr, god of war |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | deywós | god |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |