# Tiu

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈtiːuː/ · frequency rank #99,944

## Definitions
1. The ancient Germanic god of war and the sky, identified with Tyr of Norse mythology.

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old English Tīw, from Proto-West Germanic *Tīw, from Proto-Germanic *Tīwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god”). Doublet of Tuesday and Tyr.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tiu