Tisza

• Tisa

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.

Tisza

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

• Theiss, Tisa

• tazis, zatis

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• IPA^(key): [ˈtisɒ]
• Hyphenation: Ti‧sza
• Rhymes: -sɒ

Tisza

1. Tisza (a river in Ukraine, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary and Serbia)
2. a surname