Tiu

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Tiu

/ˈtiːuː/

Rhymes with -iːuː

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

proper noun Tew · Tiw · Tue

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

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@misc{tiu_2026,
  title = {Tiu},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tiu},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}