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/dyo- / द्योॱ

The uncommon nounbase /dyo- f means "sky". /dyo- and /go- are the only bases ending in o ओ.

/dyo- takes endings like /go- according to MacDonell.

See also /div-.

See macdonell ¶102.a for dyo द्यो and ¶99.4 for dyu द्यु.

According to OED, this base is related to Indoeuropean "*dyeu". It looks like the Vedic minor deity dyauSpitR- द्यौष्पितृॱ "skyfather" has to do with Greek "zeus pater" and Latin "deus pater", "iuppiter". See the Wikipedia page for dyeus.