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

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