Where does “estiró” come from?

estiró (Catalan) comes from Catalan estirar, from Catalan és, from Latin est, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- — to be.

estiró (Catalan): tug, jerk

Definitions

  1. tug, jerk

Ancestry of “estiró”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanestirarto stretch, stretch out
2Catalanéshimself, herself, itself (direct or indirect object)
3Latinestthird-person singular present active indicative...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éstito be
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁es-to be
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁es- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ésti →Every word from Latin est →