Tiw

See also: -tiw

English

Alternative forms

• Tue (rare)

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

Learned borrowing from Old English Tīw, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *Tīwaz, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god”).

Proper noun

Tiw

1. The god Tyr, especially in an Anglo-Saxon context; Tiw.

Related terms

• Tuesday

Anagrams

• Twi, WIT, twi-, wit, wit', wit.

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Old English

Alternative forms

• Tīƿ — wynn spelling

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Proto-Germanic *Tīwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god”).

Proto-Germanic cognate with Old Norse Týr, Old Frisian Tii, Old High German Ziu, Gothic 𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍅𐍃 (teiws).

Proto-Indo-European cognate with Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús), Latin deus, Hittite 𒅆𒍑 (sius), Lithuanian diẽvas, Sanskrit द्यु (dyú).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiːw/

Proper noun

Tīw m

1. Tiw, the Anglo-Saxon name for Tyr

Declension

Declension of Tiw (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	Tīw	—
accusative	Tīw	—
genitive	Tīwes	—
dative	Tīwe	—

Noun

Tīw m

Tyr rune

1. the runic character ᛏ (/t/)

Related terms

• Tīwesdæġ

Descendants

• → English: Tiw