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TIL anthropologists have recreated the name of the ancient Indo-European sky god Dyēus or Dyḗus Phtḗr(Sky Father)from which is derived Deus, Dio, Zeus/Zeus Pater, Jove/Jupiter, द्यौष्(Dyáuṣ), Deva, Tyr, Day, Tuesday, and Deity among many others

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