Where does “teeterboard” come from?
teeterboard (English) comes from English teeter, from English titter, from English tit, from Middle English tit, from Old English tit, from Old English titt, from Proto-Germanic titt-, from Proto-Indo-European tata- — poison, venom.
teeterboard (English): A seesaw; teetertotter; A similar board used by...
Definitions
- A seesaw; teetertotter; A similar board used by...
Ancestry of “teeterboard”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | teeter | To tilt back and forth on an edge; To be... |
| 2 | English | titter | To laugh or giggle in a somewhat subdued or... |
| 3 | English | tit | A mammary gland, teat; A woman's breast; An... |
| 4 | Middle English | tit | — |
| 5 | Old English | tit | — |
| 6 | Old English | titt | tit, teat, breast; nipple |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | titt- | teat; nipple; breast |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tata- | father; parent; nipple |
| 9 | Sanskrit | तथा | in that manner |
| 10 | Sanskrit | यथा | in which manner or way, according as, as, like |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | HyátʰaH | in which way, as, in which manner |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yós | that, who, which |
| 13 | Proto-Finnic | wiša | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | wišás | poison, venom |
Words derived from “teeterboard”