Where does “tīrīgs” come from?

tīrīgs (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.

tīrīgs (Latvian): clean, cleanly, tidy

Definitions

  1. clean, cleanly, tidy

Ancestry of “tīrīgs”, 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
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