Appendix:Proto-Indo-European/deywós

This entry contains Proto-Indo-European reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Etymology

Vrddhi-derivative of the root *dyew- (“sky, heaven”).

Noun

*deywósm

1. god

Declension

Declension of *deywós

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*deywós	*deywóh₁	*deywóes
Vocative	*deywé	*deywóh₁	*deywóes
Accusative	*deywóm	*deywóh₁	*deywóns
Instrumental	*deywóh₁	?	*deywṓys
Dative	*deywóey	?	*deywó(y)mos
Ablative	*deywéad	?	*deywó(y)mos
Genitive	*deywósyo	?	*deywóoHom
Locative	*deywéy	?	*deywóysu

Descendants

• Anatolian: *diu- ("daylight god")
  • Lycian: ziw
  • Lydian: Divi-
  • Luwian: tiwat ("a sun god")
  • Palaic: tiyaz, tiuna
• Baltic: *Deivas
  • Latvian: dievs
  • Lithuanian: dievas, Dievas
  • Old Prussian: deywis, Deywis
  • Sudovian: Deivas
• Celtic: *dēwos
  • P-Celtic:
    • Cornish: duw, Duw
    • Gaulish: Dēuos, Dēwos, Dēvona
    • Welsh: duw, Duw
  • Q-Celtic:
    • Old Irish: día
      • Irish: dia
• Germanic: *Tīwaz (see also the derived *Tīwas dagaz ("Tuesday"))
• Indo-Iranian: *devá-
  • Indo-Aryan:
    • Sanskrit: देव (devá)
      • Hindi: देव (dev)
      • Rajasthani: देव (dev)
  • Iranian: *daiva
    • Avestan: 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬬𐬀 (daēva), daēuua
      • English: daeva (borrowed)
    • Balochi: dêw
    • Kurdish: dêw ("giant, monster")
    • Pashto: dêw
    • Middle Persian: dēv ("evil spirit, demon")
      • Old Armenian: դեւ (dew) (borrowing)
        • Armenian: դև (dev)
      • Georgian: დევი (devi) (borrowing)
      • Persian: دیو (div)
        • Arabic: ديو (díyu) (borrowing)
        • Ottoman Turkish: دیو (div) (borrowing)
        • Urdu: دیو (dīv) (borrowing)
• Italic:
  • Latin: deus, dīvus
    • Catalan: déu
    • English: deity
    • French: dieu
    • Galician: deus
    • Italian: dio
    • Occitan: dieu
    • Portuguese: deus
    • Romanian: zeu, zău
    • Romansch: dieu
    • Sardinian: déu
    • Spanish: dios
  • Umbrian: di
• Slavic: *div-
  • Czech: div ("wonder")
  • Old Church Slavonic: дивъ (divŭ), диво (divo) ("wonder")
  • Polish: dziw
  • Russian: диво (divo) ("wonder")
  • Slovak: div ("wonder", "marvel", "miracle")

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