Where does “tīrītava” come from?
tīrītava (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.
tīrītava (Latvian): cleaner
Ancestry of “tīrītava”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | tīrīt | to clean; to clean, to steal |
| 2 | Latvian | tīrs | clean; pure, clean; clean, empty, clear |
| 3 | Latvian | tīr- | — |
| 4 | Latvian | tirt | to rub |
| 5 | Proto-Baltic | tir- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tr̥- | to make noise, to talk a lot |