Where does “tīrība” come from?

tīrība (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.

tīrība (Latvian): cleanness, cleanliness; cleanliness; purity

Definitions

  1. cleanness, cleanliness; cleanliness; purity

Ancestry of “tīrība”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latviantīrsclean; pure, clean; clean, empty, clear
2Latviantīr-—
3Latviantirtto rub
4Proto-Baltictir-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeantr̥-to make noise, to talk a lot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tr̥- →Every word from Latvian tīr- →Every word from Latvian tīrs →