Where does “Tir” come from?

Tir comes from Persian تیر, from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭲𐭩𐭠, with the original meaning now obscure.

Tir (English): The fourth solar month of the Persian calendar

Definitions

  1. The fourth solar month of the Persian calendar

Ancestry of “Tir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianتیرarrow; bullet; dart
2Old Englishtīrglory, honour, fame; fame, glory, honor
3Proto-Germanictīrazglory, honour
4Proto-Indo-Europeandey-to shine; to gleam, shimmer, shine; to swing, to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dey- →Every word from Proto-Germanic tīraz →Every word from Old English tīr →
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