Where does “Tīw” come from?

Tīw (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic Tīwaz, from Proto-Indo-European deywós, from Proto-Indo-European dyew- — to be bright; sky, heaven.

Tīw (Old English): Germanic god of heroic glory

Definitions

  1. Germanic god of heroic glory

Ancestry of “Tīw”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Tīw”

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