“Dead” Sweetly Means “In the Sky”

“Deity, Death, day, *Tiwas (Germanic deity who gave their name to Tuesday),… all derive from the Ancient Ukrainian word for sky *Dyeus. That’s right: when you say someone is ‘dead,’ quite sweetly, you’re saying, ‘they’re in the sky.‘”

Source: Expanding Mental Models · (Section 27: Sky Episode)

Cross-theme: also M-N Sound (proof of concept for tracing IE sounds). Emotionally resonant — the word “dead” carries ancient consolation within it.

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