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

Definitions

  1. cleaner

Ancestry of “tīrītava”, 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
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