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by ithkuil
1834 days ago
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Latin deus and Greek Zeus are etymologically connected with Ṛgvedic deity Dyauspitar, the sky deity. All in turn connected to the proto-indo-european "daylight-sky father" deity *Dyḗus ph₂tḗr. Latin also contains a cognate of "deus" that retains more features of the PIE form, namely Jupiter. |
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