Editing Tisza (section)

==Names etymology==
The river was known as the ''Tisia'' in [[Ancient history|antiquity]]; other ancient names for it included ''Pathissus'' ({{lang|grc|Πάθισσος}} in [[Ancient Greek]] and later ''Tissus'' (in [[Latin]])), ([[Pliny the Elder|Pliny]], ''[[Natural History (Pliny)|Naturalis historia]]'', 4.25). It may be referred to as the ''Theiss'' in older [[English language|English]] references, after the [[German language|German]] name for the river, ''{{lang|de|Theiß}}''. It is known as the ''Tibisco'' in [[Italian language|Italian]], and in older [[French language|French]] references (as for instance in relation to the naval battles on the [[Danube]] between the [[Ottoman Empire]] and the [[Habsburg Empire]] in the 17th and 18th centuries) it is often referred to as the ''Tibisque''.{{Source?|date=May 2024}}

Another theory is that it is derived from [[Proto-Balto-Slavic language|Proto-Balto-Slavic]] *teišus meaning still, quiet, silent to describe the river. {{Source?|date=May 2024}}

Modern names for the Tisza in the languages of the countries it flows through include:
*{{langx|hu|Tisza}}, {{IPA|hu|ˈtisɒ|pron}};
*{{langx|sk|Tisa}}, {{IPA|sk|ˈtisa|pron}};
*{{langx|uk|Тиса|Tysa}} {{IPA|uk|ˈtɪsɐ|}};
*{{langx|ro|Tisa}}, {{IPA|ro|ˈtisa|pron}};
*{{lang-sh-Cyrl|Тиса}} / {{lang-sh-Latn|Tisa}}, {{IPA|sh|tîsa|pron}}.