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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latvian | tirt | to rub |
| 2 | Proto-Baltic | tir- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | tr̥- | to make noise, to talk a lot |