Dēiwas

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Old Prussian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Dēiws
(manuscript forms) Dewes, Deywis, Thewes, Thawe, Tewe, Tiewe, Towe

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *deiwas, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“shine”). Cognates include Latin deus.

Proper noun[edit]

Dēiwas m

God (name of one of the chief gods of the Old Prussian pantheon, and later of the Christian God)

See also[edit]

dēiwas, dēiws (deity, unspecific god)

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