*tīwaz

Runic: ᛏᛁᚹᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈtiː.wɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

  1. deity, god
  2. Tyr, the Germanic god of war. Identified in later times with the Roman god Mars.
  3. name of the rune ᛏ (t)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *deywós (‘god’). Possibly attested as 𐌕𐌄𐌉𐌅𐌀 (teiva) on the Negau helmet.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.tīwaztīwōz, tīwōs
Acc.tīwątīwanz
Gen.tīwas, tīwistīwǫ̂
Dat.tīwaitīwamaz
Inst.tīwōtīwamiz
Voc.tīwtīwōz, tīwōs

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Descendants

  • *Tīw (Proto-West Germanic)
    • Tii (Old Frisian)
    • Ziu, *Zīw (Old High German)
  • *Tīw (Proto-West Germanic)
    • Tīw, Tuu, Tīg, Tiig (Old English)
      • Tiw (English)
  • ᛏᛁᚢᛦ (tīuʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • týr, Týr (Old Norse)
      • Ty, Ti (Danish)
      • Týrur (Faroese)
      • Ty (Norwegian)
  • ᛏᛁᚢᛦ (tīuʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • týr, Týr (Old Norse)
      • týr, Týr (Icelandic)
        • Tyr (Danish)
        • Tyr (English)
        • Tyr (Swedish)
  • ᛏᛁᚢᛦ (tīuʀ) (Proto-Norse)
    • týr, Týr (Old Norse)
      • thir (Old Swedish)
        • ti, tir, tyr, tijr (Swedish)
  • *𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍅𐍃 (*teiws) (Gothic)

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