Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/Tīwaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From earlier attested teiva- (/teywa-/) (450-350 BCE, Negau), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtiː.wɑz/

Proper noun

*Tīwaz m

Tyr, the Germanic god of war. Identified in later times with the Roman god Mars.
(Runic alphabet) name of the T-rune (ᛏ)

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *Tīwaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular
nominative	*Tīwaz
vocative	*Tīw
accusative	*Tīwą
genitive	Tīwas, Tīwis
dative	*Tīwai
instrumental	*Tīwō

Derived terms

*Tīwas dagaz

Descendants

Old English: Tīw
- → English: Tiw
Old Frisian: Tii
Old High German: Ziu, *Zīw
Old Norse: Týr, tívar
- Icelandic: Týr
- Faroese: Týrur
- Norwegian: Ty
- Swedish: Tyr, Ti
- Danish: Tyr; in place names, and dialect, also: Ty, Ti
- → English: Tyr
Gothic: 𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍅𐍃 (teiws)

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