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

Definitions

  1. an hour; a lesson, class

Ancestry of “time”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsetímitime
2Proto-Germanictīmôtime
3Proto-Indo-Europeantī-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandī-time
5Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₂-i-to divide, cut

Words derived from “time”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₂-i- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dī- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tī- →
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