Tisza
See also: tisza
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Etymology
From Hungarian Tisza. Known in Latin as Pathissus, perhaps from Thracian-Dacian *patis (“water”); compare Sanskrit पाथस् (pāthas, “water”). The word may have been analyzed by the Slavic tribes as composed of Proto-Slavic *po (“by, at”) + *tisъ (“yew”) (compare Russian тис (tis)).
Proper noun
Tisza
- a river in Central Europe, mainly flowing through Hungary and Serbia
Synonyms
- Theiss, Tisa
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