Where does “tīrītājs” come from?

tīrītājs (Latvian) comes from Latvian tīrīt, 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.

tīrītājs (Latvian): cleaner

Definitions

  1. cleaner

Ancestry of “tīrītājs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latviantīrītto clean; to clean, to steal
2Latviantīrsclean; pure, clean; clean, empty, clear
3Latviantīr-—
4Latviantirtto rub
5Proto-Baltictir-—
6Proto-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 →