द्यु
Sanskrit
noun
Definitions
- heaven, the sky
- day
- brightness, sheen, glow
- fire
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *dyā́wṣ inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dyā́wš inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (sky, heaven, the bright one, sky god, daytime sky, sky-god).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dyḗws
Gloss
sky, heaven, the bright one, sky god, daytime sky, sky-god
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
天
Emoji
☁️ ✈️ ⭐️ 🌟 🌠 🌤️ 🌥️ 🌪️ 🌬️ 🔭 🚁 🛩️ 🛫 🛬
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Zeus English
- *dia Latin
- *dīa Latin
- diatim Latin
- diluculum Latin
- diurnus Latin
- diurnālis Latin
- diālis Latin
- diāria Latin
- diēs Latin
- sesquidies Latin
- Zeus Italian
- die Italian
- dì Italian
- Zeus French
- Зевс Russian
- Zeus Spanish, Castilian
- día Spanish, Castilian
- Διαγόρας Ancient Greek
- Διογένης Ancient Greek
- Διοκλῆς Ancient Greek
- Διομέδων Ancient Greek
- Διομήδης Ancient Greek
- Διοπείθης Ancient Greek
- Διοφάνης Ancient Greek
- Διόδοτος Ancient Greek
- Διόδωρος Ancient Greek
- Διόσκορος Ancient Greek
- Διότιμος Ancient Greek
- Διόφαντος Ancient Greek
- Διόφιλος Ancient Greek
- Ζεύς Ancient Greek
- δείλη Ancient Greek
- διιπετής Ancient Greek
- διοπετής Ancient Greek
- διοτρεφής Ancient Greek
- *dyew- Proto-Indo-European
- *dyḗws Proto-Indo-European
- *dyḗws, *Dyḗws ph₂tḗr Proto-Indo-European
- Zevs Norwegian Bokmål
- Zeus Portuguese
- *Tīwaz Proto-Germanic
- Zevs Norwegian Nynorsk
- Tiw Old English
- sa Sanskrit
- sky Sanskrit
- ज्यौ Sanskrit
- द्यौष्पितृ Sanskrit
- द्यौस् Sanskrit
- पितृ Sanskrit
- Zeus Danish
- di Old French
- Zeus Catalan, Valencian
- Seifur Icelandic
- zi Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- Ζευς Greek (modern)
- zeus Middle Dutch
- Zojz Albanian
- *dīyos Proto-Celtic
- *dyumnám Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *dyā́wš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- dzuã Aromanian
- Zeus Slovak
- *djous Proto-Italic
- *djous patēr Proto-Italic
- *djowe- Proto-Italic
- *djowes, *djous Proto-Italic
- *djēm Proto-Italic
- de Romansh
- di Romansh
- gi Romansh
- dì Friulian
- Dzeusas Lithuanian
- *dyā́wṣ Proto-Indo-Aryan
- ⲍⲉⲩⲥ Coptic
- di Venetian
- *dźie̅u ̊ Proto-Albanian
- dai Dalmatian
- ܙܘܣ Classical Syriac
- dì Ladin
- di Sardinian
- dèi Istriot
- *dzéus Proto-Hellenic
- 𐬛𐬫𐬀𐬊𐬱 Avestan
- die Mirandese
- 𒅆𒍑 Hittite
- 𐌆𐌉𐌑 Messapic