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Where does “tingus” come from?

tingus (Lithuanian) comes from Proto-Indo-European tengʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

tingus (Lithuanian): lazy

Definitions

  1. lazy

Ancestry of “tingus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeantengʰ-to pull; to be heavy, difficult
2Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
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