Tycho

English

Proper noun

Tycho

Tycho Brahe, a 16th-century Danish astronomer

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τύχων (Túkhōn), akin to τύχον (túkhon, “lucky”), from τύχη (túkhē) and τυγχάνω (tunkhánō), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ-.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈty.kʰoː/, [ˈt̪ʏkʰoː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈti.ko/, [ˈt̪iːko]

Proper noun

Tychō m sg (genitive Tychōnis); third declension

a male given name, originally an epithet of Hermes but best known as a Latin substitute for Danish Thyge

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Tychō
Genitive	Tychōnis
Dative	Tychōnī
Accusative	Tychōnem
Ablative	Tychōne
Vocative	Tychō

Descendants

Italian: Ticone
Spanish: Tico
→ English: Tycho, Tychon
→ German: Tycho
→ Dutch: Tycho
→ Polish: Tychon
→ Swedish: Tyko
→ Finnish: Tyko

See also

Tue
Teijo

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