GOD
A Lycian language from the Anatolian branch of Indo-European languages has a word "ziw" meaning "God", which is exactly the same as a Lower Sorbian word "źiw" meaning "miracle, wonder". Similar to those two is also an Old High German word "Ziu" meaning "God". Upper Sorbian "dźiw" and Polish "dziw" might be good candidates for missing initial "D" in those words.
Was it Zeus then or rather Dzeus...
This god's name in the nominative form is Ζεύς (Zeús). It is inflected as follows:
- genitive: Διός (Diós)
- dative: Διί (Dií)
- accusative: Δία (Día)
- vocative: Ζεῦ (Zeû)
The earliest attested forms of this name are the Mycenaean Greek "di-we" and "di-wo", written in the Linear B syllabic script.
The "taivaz, taivas" word in Finnic languages meaning "sky" comes most certainly from the times of the Corded Ware Culture. Vedic Sanskrit "देव (daivá)" meaning "heavenly, divine" is proving that because it originated in Sintashta Culture that through Fatyanovo-Balanovo Culture derives itself from the Corded Ware Culture.
Germans are often pronouncing English "The" as "Ze", no wonder then that "Tīw" or "Dīw" became "Ziu" in their language.
This word is also a good proof that in the past V = U = W = Ŭ.
Old Irish "día" could then mean either "God" or "day". It gave rise to modern Irish "dia" and "Dé", notice that Greek "Δίας (Días)" is also another name for Zeus. Gujarati "દિવસ (divas)" and Marathi "दिवस (divas)" also mean "day", Old Armenian "տիւ (tiw)" means "daytime", which also suggests that Tiw (Div) was a God of daylight sky.
Old Church Slavonic "дьнь ⰴⱐⱀⱐ (dĭnĭ)" meaning "day" is a cognate to Sanskrit "दिन (diná)", Latin "diēs", Lithuanian "diena", Old Prussian "deina", all meaning "day".
This is important because of the probable relation to the god called Dionysus. Later variants of his name include Diōnūsos in Boeotia, Dien(n)ūsos in Thessaly, Deonūsos and Deunūsos in Ionia, and Dinnūsos in Aeolia. A Dio- prefix is found in other names, such as that of the Dioscures, and may derive from Dios, the genitive of the name of Zeus. The second element -nūsos is associated with Mount Nysa, the birthplace of Zeus in Greek mythology, where he was nursed by nymphs (the Nysiads), but according to Pherecydes of Syros, nũsa was an archaic word for a tree.
There is a river and town in Poland called Nysa (also Nisa, Nissa, Neise).
DEV- DEU- ZEU-
Sanskrit: देव (devá)
- deity, god, the gods as the heavenly or shining ones, often reckoned as numbering 33, either 11 for each of the 3 worlds or 8 vasus, 11 rudras, and 12 ādityas, to which the 2 aśvins must be added.
- rarely also of evil demons
- name of Indra as the god of the sky and giver of rain
- the image of a god, an idol
- a god on earth or among men, either Brahman, priest or king, prince, as a title of honour, especially in the vocative "your majesty" or " your honour"
- Name of the number 33
---> Malay: dewa
---> Tamil: தேவன் (tēvaṉ)
---> Telugu: dēvuḍu
Laconian Greek:Δεύς (Deús) ("Zeus")
Latin: deus
Galician: deus
Portuguese: deus
Jatvingain: deus
Volscian: deue (dat.sg.)
Catalan: déu
Sardinian: déu
Hindi: देव (dev)
Old Gujarati: देव (deva)
Rajasthani: देव (dev)
Cornish: dew
Gaulish: Deuognata, teuoxtonio-, Dēuos, Dēwos, Dēvona
Middle English: Tewesday ("Tuesday")
Galician: Deva (river name)
Avestan: daēuua ("demon, spirit")
---> Georgian: დევი (devi) ("demon, spirit")
---> English: daeva ("demon, spirit")
Baluchi: دیو (dêw) ("demon, spirit")
Kurdish: dêw ("demon, giant, monster")
Pashto: دېو (dew) ("demon, spirit")
Middle Persian: dēw ("evil spirit, demon")
Old Armenian: դէւ (dēw) ("demon, spirit")
Armenian: դև (dew) ("demon, spirit")
Curonian: Deews
French: dieu
Occitan: dieu
Romansch: dieu
Latvian: dievs
Lithuanian: diẽvas
Old Prussian: dēiwas, dēiws
Gothic: 𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍅𐍃 (teiws)
Old Latin: deiuos (Duenos inscription)
Celtiberian: Teiuoreikis
Oscan: 𐌃𐌄𐌝𐌅𐌀𐌝 (deívaí), 𐌃𐌄𐌝𐌅𐌀𐌔 (deívas), deiuatud, deiuaid, deiuast, deiuatuns, 𐌃𐌄𐌉𐌅𐌉𐌍𐌀𐌉𐌔 (deivinais)
Venetic: 𐌃𐌄𐌉𐌅𐌏𐌔 (deivos) (acc.pl.)
Romanian: zeu, zău
Ancient Greek: Ζεύς (Zeús), Ζήν (Zḗn) ("Zeus")
Poetic Greek: Ζήν (Zḗn) ("Zeus")
Greek: Ζευς (Zefs) ("Zeus")
DIV- TIV- ZI-
Mycenaean Greek: di-we, di-wo
Lydian: 𐤹𐤦𐤥𐤳 (tifs, tivs, tiws, divs), divi-
Latgalian: dīvs, dīws
Latin: dīvus ("god, fairy")
Friulian: diu
Corsican: diu
Sicilian: diu
Leonese: dius, dious
Mirandese: dius
Oscan: 𐌃𐌉𐌞𐌅𐌄𐌝 (diúveí), 𐌉𐌞𐌅𐌄𐌝 (iúveí), 𐌉𐌖𐌅𐌄𐌝 (iuveí) ("sky, day, Jupiter")
Sanskrit: द्यु (dyú) ("sky, heaven")
English: divine ("godly")
Persian: دیو (div) ("demon, spirit")
---> Arabic: ديو (díyu) ("demon, spirit")
---> English: div ("demon, spirit")
---> Ottoman Turkish: دیو (div) ("demon, spirit")
---> Urdu: دیو (dīv) ("demon, spirit")
Belarusian: дзі́ва (dzíva) ("wonder, miracle")
Russian: ди́во (dívo) ("wonder, miracle")
Rusyn: ди́во (dývo) ("wonder, miracle")
Ukrainian: ди́во (dývo) ("wonder, miracle")
Old Church Slavonic: дивъ (divŭ), диво (divo) ("wonder, miracle")
Czech: div ("wonder, miracle")
Polish: dziw ("wonder, miracle")
Slovak: div ("wonder, miracle")
Upper Sorbian: dźiw ("wonder, miracle")
Lithuanian: dyvas ("wonder, miracle")
Latvian: diva ("wonder, miracle")
Russian: ди́вный (dívnyj) ("amazing, wondrous")
Old Church Slavonic: дивьнъ ⰴⰻⰲⱐⱀⱏ (divĭnŭ) ("amazing, wondrous")
Bulgarian: дивен (diven) ("amazing, wondrous")
Serbo-Croatian: ди̑ван dȋvan ("amazing, wondrous")
Slovene: díven ("amazing, wondrous")
Czech: divný ("amazing, wondrous")
Polish: dziwny ("amazing, wondrous")
Slovak: divný ("amazing, wondrous")
Russian: диви́ться (divítʹsja) ("to be surprised, to astonish")
Ukrainian: диви́тися (dyvýtysja) ("to be surprised, to astonish")
Old Church Slavonic: дивити сѧ ⰴⰻⰲⰻⱅⰻ ⱄⱔ (diviti sę) ("to be surprised, to astonish")
Bulgarian: дивя́ се (divjá se ) ("to be surprised, to astonish")
Serbo-Croatian: дѝвити се, díviti se ("to be surprised, to astonish")
Czech: diviti se ("to be surprised, to astonish")
Polish: dziwić się ("to be surprised, to astonish")
Slovak: diviť sa ("to be surprised, to astonish")
Russian: ди́во (dívo) ("miracle")
Ukrainian: ди́во (dývo) ("miracle")
Old Church Slavonic: диво ⰴⰻⰲⱁ (divo) ("miracle")
Cyrillic: ди̑во ("miracle")
Latin: dȋvo ("miracle")
Old Polish: dziwo ("miracle")
Slovak: divo ("miracle")
Old Norse: Tivar ("the gods")
Old English: Tīw
English: Tiw
Old Frisian: Tii
Luwian: tiwat ("a sun god")
Luwian: tiwas ("sky")
Old English: tiwesdæġ ("Tuesday")
Middle English: Tiwesday, Tywysday ("Tuesday")
English: Tuesday ("Tuesday")
Lower Sorbian: źiw ("wonder, miracle")
Lycian: ziw
Old High German: Ziu
SIU-
Hittite: si-i-us, ši-i-ú-uš (sius, šīuš)
DAI- TAI- ZA-
---> Estonian: taevas ("sky")
---> Finnish: taivas ("sky")
---> Karelian: taivas ("sky")
---> Võro: taivas ("sky")
---> Livonian: tōvaz ("sky")
---> Ludian: taivaz ("sky")
---> Veps: taivaz ("sky")
---> Votic: taivaz ("sky")
---> Classical Syriac: ܕܝܘܐ (daywā) ("demon, spirit")
---> Malayalam: ദൈവം (daivaṃ)
Sanskrit: देव (daivá) ("heavenly, divine, also said of terrestrial things of high excellence")
Old Persian: 𐎭𐎡𐎺 (daiva) ("demon, spirit")
Dalmatian: dai, di
Northern Kurdish: zav (zāv) ("Mercury planet")
Central Kurdish: زاوە (zāwa) ("Mercury planet")
Persian: زاوش (zāvoš) ("Jupiter planet or Mercury planet")
DU- TY-
Old Cornish: duy
Old Welsh: duiu
Welsh: duw
Old Norse: Týr
Icelandic: Týr
Faroese: Týrur
Norwegian: Ty
Swedish: Tyr
Danish: Tyr, Ty, Ti
English: Tyr
Old Norse: týsdagr ("Tuesday")
Icelandic: týsdagur (archaic) ("Tuesday")
Faroese: týsdagur ("Tuesday")
Norwegian Nynorsk: tysdag ("Tuesday")
Scots: Tysday ("Tuesday")
Yola: Tusedei ("Tuesday")
TI- ZI-
---> Finnish: tiistai ("Tuesday")
Palaic: tiyaz, tiuna
West Frisian: tiisdei ("Tuesday")
Norwegian Bokmål: tirsdag ("Tuesday")
Old Danish: tisdagh ("Tuesday")
Danish: tirsdag, tisdag ("Tuesday")
Old Swedish: tisdagher ("Tuesday")
Swedish: tisdag ("Tuesday")
Middle English: Tisday ("Tuesday")
Middle High German: zīstac ("Tuesday")
Alemannic German: zischtag, zischtog, zischtàg, Ziischtig, Zischtig, Zischdi ("Tuesday")
Swabian: Zischtig ("Tuesday")
TIE- TEI- ZIE- ZEI-
Old Frisian: tīesdei ("Tuesday")
North Frisian: teisdai ("Tuesday")
Saterland Frisian: Täisdai ("Tuesday")
Gutnish: teisdagar, teisdag ("Tuesday")
Alemannic German: zéischtag ("Tuesday")
Middle High German: zīestac ("Tuesday")
German: Ziestag ("Tuesday")
Swabian: Zeischdig ("Tuesday")
DEO-
Istriot: deo
Ido: deo
Celtiberian: Deobriga
TAN- ZAN-
Cretan Greek: Τάν (Tán) ("Zeus")
Doric Greek: Ζάν (Zán) ("Zeus")
DIA-
Old Irish: día
Irish: dia, Dia, Dé
Manx: jee
Scottish Gaelic: dia
Greek: Δίας (Días) ("Zeus")
Sanskrit: द्यौष्पितृ (dyáuṣ-pitṛ́) ("Sky Father")
Avestan: dyaoš ("sky's, heaven's")
DIO
Latin: diovos, diovei ("day, sky, Jupiter")
Franco-Provençal: diô
Italian: dio
Venetian: dio
Neapolitan: ddìo
Aragonese: dios
Asturian: dios
Extremaduran: dios
Spanish: dios
ZIO-
Old High German: zīostag ("Tuesday")
DO-
Old Breton: -doi
Middle Breton: doe
Breton: doue
Article published on the 30th of October 2018.