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

  1. to clean; to clean, to steal

Ancestry of “tīrīt”, 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

Words derived from “tīrīt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tr̥- →Every word from Latvian tīr- →Every word from Latvian tīrs →
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