Ziu

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Old High German word Ziu comes from Proto-Indo-European *di-, Proto-Indo-European *dyeu-, and later Proto-Indo-European *deywós (God.)

*di- (Proto-Indo-European)

*dyeu- (Proto-Indo-European)

to shine

*deywós (Proto-Indo-European)

God.

*Tīwaz (Proto-Germanic)

(Runic alphabet) name of the T-rune (ᛏ). Tyr, the Germanic god of war. Identified in later times with the Roman god Mars.

Ziu (Old High German)

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