Where does “tīr-” come from?

tīr- (Latvian) comes from Latvian tirt, from Proto-Baltic tir-, from Proto-Indo-European tr̥- — to make noise, to talk a lot.

Ancestry of “tīr-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latviantirtto rub
2Proto-Baltictir-
3Proto-Indo-Europeantr̥-to make noise, to talk a lot

Words derived from “tīr-

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tr̥-Every word from Proto-Baltic tir-Every word from Latvian tirt
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