Ζεύς
Ancient Greek
proper noun
Definitions
- Zeus
- a name of the emperors of Rome
- referring to other gods, such as Amun, Baal, Ahura Mazda
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Hellenic *dzéus inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (sky, heaven, the bright one, sky god, daytime sky, sky-god), *dyew- (sky, shine, heaven, be bright, god, day).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dyew-
Gloss
sky, shine, heaven, be bright, god, day
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
日
Emoji
☁️ ✈️ ⭐️ 🌟 🌠 🌤️ 🌥️ 🌪️ 🌬️ 🔭 🚁 🛩️ 🛫 🛬
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Dis English
- Jovian English
- Jupiter English
- Zeus English
- azeusist English
- deify English
- deiparous English
- deity English
- divination English
- divine English
- divinity English
- juglans English
- Deus Latin
- Diagoras Latin
- Diana Latin
- Diespiter Latin
- Dioclētiānus Latin
- Diodōrus Latin
- Diogenēs Latin
- Diophantus Latin
- Iovem Latin
- Iovis Latin
- Iuppiter Latin
- Veiovis Latin
- deificatio Latin
- deifico Latin
- deificus Latin
- deificāre Latin
- deiformis Latin
- deitas Latin
- deus Latin
- diopetes Latin
- diurnālis Latin
- divinus Latin
- divus Latin
- diēs Latin
- dīva Latin
- dīvīnitātem Latin
- dīvīnus Latin
- edepol Latin
- hodiernus Latin
- ioviālis Latin
- meridianus Latin
- meridies Latin
- merīdiānum Latin
- merīdiōnālis Latin
- -ismus German
- Deismus German
- Zeus Italian
- deh Italian
- diario Italian
- dio Italian
- Zeus Dutch, Flemish
- Jupiter French
- Zeus French
- déisme French
- déiste French
- Зевс Russian
- Zeus Spanish, Castilian
- dios Spanish, Castilian
- grc Ancient Greek
- 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
- Διός Ancient Greek
- Διόσκορος Ancient Greek
- Διότιμος Ancient Greek
- Διόφαντος Ancient Greek
- Διόφιλος Ancient Greek
- Ζήνων Ancient Greek
- Θεοτόκος Ancient Greek
- δείλη Ancient Greek
- δηθά Ancient Greek
- διιπετής Ancient Greek
- διοπετής Ancient Greek
- διοτρεφής Ancient Greek
- δοτός Ancient Greek
- δῆλος Ancient Greek
- δῖος Ancient Greek
- δῶρον Ancient Greek
- κόρος Ancient Greek
- μέδων Ancient Greek
- μήδεα Ancient Greek
- παν- Ancient Greek
- πείθω Ancient Greek
- τρέφω Ancient Greek
- τῑμή Ancient Greek
- φίλος Ancient Greek
- φαίνω Ancient Greek
- ἀγορά Ancient Greek
- *deywós Proto-Indo-European
- *diwyós Proto-Indo-European
- *dyew(p) Proto-Indo-European
- *dyew- Proto-Indo-European
- *dyḗm Proto-Indo-European
- *dyḗws Proto-Indo-European
- *dyḗws, *Dyḗws ph₂tḗr Proto-Indo-European
- *déywih₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *átta Proto-Indo-European
- Zevs Norwegian Bokmål
- Zeus Portuguese
- deus Portuguese
- *Tīwas dagaz Proto-Germanic
- *Tīwaz Proto-Germanic
- *langatīnaz Proto-Germanic
- Zevs Norwegian Nynorsk
- Tiw Old English
- अद्य Sanskrit
- ज्यौ Sanskrit
- दिन Sanskrit
- द्यु Sanskrit
- द्यौष्पितृ Sanskrit
- Jubiter Middle English
- jubiter Middle English
- Zeus Danish
- deu Old French
- dous Old French
- Zeus Catalan, Valencian
- Seifur Icelandic
- zeiță Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- zeu Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- zilnic Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- zo te cuște Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- zău Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- زاوش Persian
- لیو Persian
- Ζευς Greek (modern)
- Duw Welsh
- zeus Middle Dutch
- Día Old Irish
- día Old Irish
- Dớt Vietnamese
- Zojz Albanian
- zot Albanian
- zotësi Albanian
- deité Middle French
- deus Old Portuguese
- იუპიტერი Georgian
- *dēwos Proto-Celtic
- *dīyos Proto-Celtic
- 宙斯 Chinese
- *dinám Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *dyumnám Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *dyā́wš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Zeus Slovak
- Xúpiter Alemannic German
- *djouglānts Proto-Italic
- *djous Proto-Italic
- *djous patēr Proto-Italic
- *djowe- Proto-Italic
- *djowes, *djous Proto-Italic
- *djēm Proto-Italic
- dieu Romansh
- dios Asturian
- diu Friulian
- Dzeusas Lithuanian
- *dyā́wṣ Proto-Indo-Aryan
- deu Old Occitan
- ⲍⲉⲩⲥ Coptic
- dios Old Spanish
- deu Sicilian
- diu Sicilian
- Duw Cornish
- *dzwāpt Proto-Albanian
- *dźie̅u ̊ Proto-Albanian
- Dyo Ladino
- דיו Ladino
- ܙܘܣ Classical Syriac
- dei Bourguignon
- deo Istriot
- *dzéus Proto-Hellenic
- 𐬛𐬫𐬀𐬊𐬱 Avestan
- diu Corsican
- Dīvāna Old Latin
- deivos Old Latin
- 𒅆𒍑 Hittite
- diu Picard
- 𐀇𐀺 Mycenaean Greek
- dėina Samogitian
- 𐌆𐌉𐌑 Messapic