Where does “tīrīt” come from?
tīrīt (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.
tīrīt (Latvian): to clean; to clean, to steal
Definitions
- to clean; to clean, to steal
Ancestry of “tīrīt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latvian | tīrs | clean; pure, clean; clean, empty, clear |
| 2 | Latvian | tīr- | — |
| 3 | Latvian | tirt | to rub |
| 4 | Proto-Baltic | tir- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tr̥- | to make noise, to talk a lot |
Words derived from “tīrīt”