2. Dĭvo:— Skr. diva, neut. 'heaven, day,' as in naktan-divam, 'by night and by day;' Greek ἔν-δῖος (for -διϝος), 'at noon, in the open air;' Latin bi-duum, 'the space of two days,' tri-duum, 'the space of three days;' Welsh dyw, adverbial, as in he-ᵭyw, 'to-day,' dyw Llun (now Dywllun and even Dwyllun), 'on Monday,' and dyw Iau (now in N. Wales Difia' and Dufia'), 'on Thursday.'
3. Dĭves:—Skr. divasa, mas. and neut. 'heaven, day,' from a stem divas; Greek διει for διϝες in εὐδιεινός, 'calm, sheltered,' εὐδιέστερος, εὐδιέστατος, used as comp. and sup. of εὔδιος; Lat. Dies-piter (for Dives-piter), 'Jupiter.'
4. Dĭvio, dĭvia:—Skr. divya, 'heavenly, divine;' Greek δῖος (for διϝιος), of the same meaning; Lat. dîo (for divio) in sub dîo, 'under the open sky.'
5. Dēvo, dēva:—Skr. deva, 'godlike, divine,' mas. 'a god;' Lat. dîvus, 'godlike,' contracted into deus, 'a god,' like oleum for olîvum; Lithuanian dȅva-s, 'God;' Gaulish dêvo-s, in such names as Dêvo-gnâta, with which compare such Greek names as Διογένης; Irish día, 'a god, God,' gen. déi (for dêvi); Welsh doiu, duiu (now dwyf or dwy), as in Gwas Duiu, a man's name meaning 'God's servant,' dwywol, dwyfol, 'divine,' and meu-dwy, 'a hermit,' literally 'Servus Dei.'
6. Dēvia:—Skr. devī, 'a goddess;' Lith. dȅve, 'a goddess;' Welsh doiu or duiu (now dwyf and mostly dwy), as in Dubr-Duin, Dyfrdwyf or Dyfrdwy, 'the river Dee,'
Wednesday,' and Dyv Ieu, 'on Thursday' (Skene, ii. 16). The diphthong uw in duw is probably to be compared with that in uwd, 'porridge,' Breton iôt, Irish íth, all of the same origin as the Latin jûs, 'broth,' Skr. yu, yauti, 'draws, harnesses, connects or mixes,' Lith. jauti, 'aquam fervidam supra infundere,' Lett. jaút, 'to stir dough or soup.'
