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    form *Dyēus Ph2ter ("Father Dyēus") were inherited in the following liturgic and poetic traditions: PIE: *dyēus ph2tḗr, 'Father Sky' (voc. *dyeu ph2ter...
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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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    "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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  • godlike"), Greek Zeus, Lithuanian Dievas and the name for the sky god *Dyēus present throughout Indo-European religions and cultures. After the Yugoslav...
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    Zeus†-Ouranos †has more elements of Dyēus Roman equivalent Scaevola-Cocles, Janus? Norse equivalent Tyr†-Odin †name derived from Dyēus Hindu equivalent Mitra-Varuna...
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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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