Where does “tiår” come from?
tiår (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk år, from French are, from Latin ārea, from Proto-Italic āzeā, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eHs-e-yeh₂, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eHs- — to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth.
tiår (Norwegian Nynorsk): a decade or decennium
Definitions
- a decade or decennium
Ancestry of “tiår”, step by step
tiår traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk år
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | år | a year; an oar; a vein |
| 2 | French | are | an are |
| 3 | Latin | ārea | a piece of level ground, a vacant place (esp. in the town) |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | āzeā | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eHs-e-yeh₂ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eHs- | to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth |
via Norwegian Nynorsk ti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | ti | ten; ti, a syllable used in solfège to represent... |
| 2 | Norwegian Nynorsk | si | feminine singular of sin; si, a syllable used in... |
| 3 | Norwegian Nynorsk | sidan | since; because, since; ago |
| 4 | Old Norse | síðan | since, after; afterwards, later on; from the time... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sīþuz | late |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | seh₁- | to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,... |