tiwsdaeg

Updated: January 2, 2026

The same root can be followed into Old German, where Zio is the god of day; and into Anglo-Saxon, where Tiwsdaeg, or the day of Zeus, is the ancestral form of Tuesday. Thus we again reach the same results which were obtained from the examination of the name Bhaga.

John Fiske - Myths and myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology