[dēv]~[dēɔ], m. a god, deity.
[←OIA dēvá- ‘heavenly’, m. ‘a god’ RV., ‘devil’ AV. <√div ‘shine’ ◀PIE *dei-, dei̯ǝ-, dī-, di̯ā- ‘to shine; day; sun; God’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. Tuesday ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. July, Jupiter, Zeus, deity, divine, diary ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0558; (Turner, 1966) 6523, p.362; (MW, 1899) 0492, 0478; (Pokorny, 1959) 0183; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.742
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