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    *Dyḗus (lit. 'daylight-sky-god'), also *Dyḗus ph₂tḗr (lit. 'father daylight-sky-god'), is the reconstructed name of the daylight-sky god in Proto-Indo-European...
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    reflex of *Dyeus, could be considered god of the day-lit sky Aurora (mythology), goddess of the dawn Jupiter (mythology), as a reflex of *Dyeus, god of the...
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    Proto-Indo-Iranian *dyā́wš, from the Proto-Indo-European (PIE) daylight-sky god *Dyēus, and is cognate with the Greek Διας – Zeus Patēr, Illyrian Dei-pátrous,...
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    all of which are reflexes of the same Proto-Indo-European deity's name, *Dyēus Ph₂tḗr. While there are numerous parallels adduced from outside of Indo-European...
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  • Dyēus, the daylight sky and seat of the never-dying and heavenly gods, in a relationship of contrast and union, since the fructifying rains of Dyēus might...
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    "Daughter of Dyēus" is attested as an epithet attached to a dawn-goddess in several poetic traditions: PIE: *diwós dhuǵhatḗr, "Daughter of Dyēus", Vedic:...
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    name comes from the Proto-Indo-European vocative compound *Dyēu-pəter (nominative: *Dyēus-pətēr, meaning "Father Sky-God", or "Father Day-God"). As the...
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  • continuator of *Dyēus as a result of the Zoroastrianist reform. An argument for such an etymology is that Diana is also etymologically derived from *Dyēus. Anikin...
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  • a sign Chinese characters, known as zi (字) Thracian word derived from *Dyēus Zi (surname) (子), a surname used by Shang kings Zi (title) (子), a Chinese...
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    Greek Zeus†-Ouranos †has more elements of Dyēus Hindu Mitra-Varuna Norse Tyr†-Odin †name derived from Dyēus Roman Scaevola-Cocles, Janus? Irish Nuada-Lugh...
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