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Where does “tīrs” come from?

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

tīrs (Latvian): clean; pure, clean; clean, empty, clear

Definitions

  1. clean; pure, clean; clean, empty, clear

Ancestry of “tīrs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latviantīr-—
2Latviantirtto rub
3Proto-Baltictir-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeantr̥-to make noise, to talk a lot

Words derived from “tīrs”

  • tīrīgs
  • netīrs
  • tīrība
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