Where does “time” come from?
time (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse tími, from Proto-Germanic tīmô, from Proto-Indo-European tī-, from Proto-Indo-European dī-, from Proto-Indo-European deh₂-i- — to divide, cut.
time (Norwegian Bokmål): an hour; a lesson, class
Ancestry of “time”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | tími | time |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | tīmô | time |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | tī- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dī- | time |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂-i- | to divide, cut |
Words derived from “time”