Tycho
English edit
Proper noun edit
Tycho
- Tycho Brahe, a 16th-century Danish astronomer
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Τύχων (Túkhōn), akin to τύχον (túkhon, “lucky”), from τύχη (túkhē) and τυγχάνω (tunkhánō), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ-.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈty.kʰoː/, [ˈt̪ʏkʰoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈti.ko/, [ˈt̪iːko]
Proper noun edit
Tychō m sg (genitive Tychōnis); third declension
- a male given name, originally an epithet of Hermes but best known as a Latin substitute for Danish Thyge
Declension edit
Third-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Tychō |
Genitive | Tychōnis |
Dative | Tychōnī |
Accusative | Tychōnem |
Ablative | Tychōne |
Vocative | Tychō |
Descendants edit
- Italian: Ticone
- Spanish: Tico
- → English: Tycho, Tychon
- → German: Tycho
- → Dutch: Tycho
- → Polish: Tychon
- → Swedish: Tyko
- → Finnish: Tyko