See also: tiu, Tiu, and ti'u

Asturian edit

Etymology edit

From Late Latin thius, from Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos). Compare Spanish tío.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtiu/, [ˈt̪iu̯]

Noun edit

tíu m sg (feminine singular tía, masculine plural tíos, feminine plural tíes)

  1. uncle

Icelandic edit

Icelandic cardinal numbers
 <  9 10 11  > 
    Cardinal : tíu
    Ordinal : tíundi

Etymology edit

From Old Norse tíu, from Proto-Germanic *tehun (ten), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ (ten). Cognate with Faroese tíggju, Swedish tio, Danish ti and English ten.

Pronunciation edit

Numeral edit

tíu

  1. ten; the cardinal number after níu (nine) and before ellefu (eleven).

Derived terms edit

See also edit

Old Norse edit

Old Norse numbers (edit)
100
 ←  1 [a], [b] ←  9 10 11  →  20  → [a], [b], [c], [d], [e], [f]
1
    Cardinal: tíu
    Ordinal: tíundi

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *tehun (ten), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ (ten).

Numeral edit

tíu

  1. (cardinal number) ten

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Icelandic: tíu
  • Faroese: tíggju
  • Norn: ti
  • Norwegian: ti
  • Old Swedish: tīo, tīu
  • Danish: ti
  • Gutnish: tei, teiå, teiu

References edit

  • tíu in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.