Tycho

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪ.kəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪ.koʊ/
• Rhymes: -aɪkəʊ

Proper noun

Tycho

1. 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): [ˈtiː.ko]

Proper noun

Tychō m sg (genitive Tychōnis); third declension

1. 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

See also

• Tue
• Teijo