Dēiwas

See also: dēiwas

Old Prussian

Alternative forms

Dēiws
(manuscript forms) Dewes, Deywis, Thewes, Thawe, Tewe, Tiewe, Towe

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *deiwas, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“shine”). Cognates include Latin deus.

Proper noun

Dēiwas m

God (name of one of the chief gods of the Old Prussian pantheon, and later of the Christian God)

See also

dēiwas, dēiws (deity, unspecific god)

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