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 Latin) IPA(key): [ˈty.kʰoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt̪iː.ko]
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.
| 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