English Explanatory Dictionary

Tisza

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A river in Central Europe, flowing through Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Ukraine.

Word forms

Tisza Tisa

Etymology

From Hungarian Tisza. Known in Latin as Pathissus, Ancient Greek Πάθισσος (Páthissos), perhaps from Thracian–Dacian *patis (“water”), from Proto-Indo-European *póntoh₁s; compare Sanskrit पाथस् (pāthas, “water”), Sanskrit पन्था (pánthā-), Ancient Greek πόντος (póntos, “the sea”). The word may have been reanalyzed by the Slavic tribes as composed of Proto-Slavic *po (“by, at”) + *tisъ (“yew”) (compare Russian тис (tis)). More at Tisza.

Synonyms

Theiss Tisa
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