Tiu

//ˈtiːuː// name

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  1. 1
    The ancient Germanic god of war and the sky, identified with Tyr of Norse mythology. Germanic

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aresathenabalderbragideitydonar

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old English Tīw, from Proto-West Germanic *Tīw, from Proto-Germanic *Tīwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god”). Doublet of Tuesday and Tyr.

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