Where does βtiriβ come from?
tiri (Esperanto) comes from French tirer, from Middle French tirer, from Old French tirer, from Gothic ππΉππ°π½, from Proto-Germanic teranΔ , from Proto-Indo-European der- β to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...
tiri (Esperanto): to drag, draw, pull
Definitions
- to drag, draw, pull
Ancestry of βtiriβ, step by step
tiri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French tirer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | tirer | to draw, drag, pull |
| 2 | Middle French | tirer | to pull |
| 3 | Old French | tirer | to pull |
| 4 | Gothic | ππΉππ°π½ | to tear away, remove |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | teranΔ | to tear; snatch or pull off (from); tug |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | der- | to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to... |
via Italian tirare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | tirare | to pull, draw, tug, drag; to throw, shoot, toss,... |