Where does “netīrs” come from?

netīrs (Latvian) comes from Latvian tīrs, from Latvian tīr-, from Latvian tirt, from Proto-Baltic tir-, from Proto-Indo-European tr̥- — to make noise, to talk a lot.

netīrs (Latvian): dirty; dirty, impure; dirty, impure, imperfect

Definitions

  1. dirty; dirty, impure; dirty, impure, imperfect

Ancestry of “netīrs”, step by step

netīrs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latvian tīrs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latviantīrsclean; pure, clean; clean, empty, clear
2Latviantīr-—
3Latviantirtto rub
4Proto-Baltictir-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeantr̥-to make noise, to talk a lot

via Latvian nē

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latviannēno
2Latvianpareizsprecise, exact, correct, accurate; correct,...
3Latvianpaon; along; to
4Latvianreiziaccusative singular form of reize; instrumental...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tr̥- →Every word from Latvian tīr- →Every word from Latvian tīrs →