Where does “teeter” come from?
Teeter comes from Middle English titren, from Middle English titten, with unknown ultimate origin.
teeter (English): To tilt back and forth on an edge; To be...
Definitions
- To tilt back and forth on an edge; To be...
Ancestry of “teeter”, step by step
teeter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English titter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | titter | To laugh or giggle in a somewhat subdued or... |
| 2 | English | tit | A mammary gland, teat; A woman's breast; An... |
| 3 | Middle English | tit | — |
| 4 | Old English | tit | — |
| 5 | Old English | titt | tit, teat, breast; nipple |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | titt- | teat; nipple; breast |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tata- | father; parent; nipple |
| 8 | Sanskrit | तथा | in that manner |
| 9 | Sanskrit | यथा | in which manner or way, according as, as, like |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | HyátʰaH | in which way, as, in which manner |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yós | that, who, which |
| 12 | Proto-Finnic | wiša | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | wišás | poison, venom |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | wisós | fluidity, slime, poison; poison; poison; slime;... |
via German Dieter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Dieter | — |
| 2 | Old High German | heri | army |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *hari | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | harjaz | army; army leader; commander; warrior |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kóryos | war; troops; army; war, troops |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |