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Where does “diwyós” come from?

diwyós (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European dyew- — to be bright; sky, heaven.

diwyós (Proto-Indo-European): heavenly

Definitions

  1. heavenly

Ancestry of “diwyós”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeandyew-to be bright; sky, heaven

Words derived from “diwyós”

  • due
  • duty
  • divine
  • journey
  • journal
  • duly
  • journalist
  • journalism
  • deity
  • divinity
  • dew
  • undue
  • dive
  • Journey
  • diving
  • unduly
  • sojourn
  • divinely
  • journalistic
  • dived
  • dutiful
  • divination
  • overdue
  • deuce
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