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Where does “tiver” come from?

tiver (Galician) comes from Galician ter, from Old Portuguese tẽer, from Latin teneō, from Proto-Italic tenēō, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

tiver (Galician): first-person singular future subjunctive of ter;...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular future subjunctive of ter;...

Ancestry of “tiver”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianterto hold, have; to possess; ought to
2Old Portuguesetẽer—
3Latinteneō—
4Proto-Italictenēōto hold
5Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
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