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Where does “tiet” come from?

tiet (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål tie, from Old Norse þegja, from Proto-Germanic þagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European tak- — to be silent.

tiet (Norwegian Bokmål): inflection of tie: ## simple past ## past...

Definitions

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Ancestry of “tiet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåltieto become quiet, stop talking; to be quiet
2Old Norseþegjato be silent
3Proto-Germanicþagjanąto be silent, to not speak; to take, consume
4Proto-Indo-Europeantak-to be silent
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tak- →