![]() ![]() The second variant of the name, occurring originally in manuscript E, reads Tuisco. Take for instance the Germanic "twist", which, in all but the English has the primary meaning of "dispute / conflict". ![]() ![]() Any assumption of a gender inference is entirely conjectural, as the tvia / tvis roots are also the roots of any number of other concepts / words in the Germanic languages. The most frequently occurring, Tuisto, is commonly connected to the Proto-Germanic root *twai – "two" and its derivative *twis – "twice" or "doubled", thus giving Tuisto the core meaning "double". The Germania manuscript corpus contains two primary variant readings of the name. The figure remains the subject of some scholarly discussion, largely focused upon etymological connections and comparisons to figures in later (particularly Norse) Germanic mythology. Map showing the approximate locations of the major Germanic tribes in and around the geographical region of Germania as mentioned in Tacitus' work, the GermaniaĪccording to Tacitus's Germania ( AD 98), Tuisto (or Tuisco) is the legendary divine ancestor of the Germanic peoples. ![]()
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