ti-ti-, (ti)til-

    ti-ti-, (ti)til-

    English meaning: chirping of birds

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Nachahmung von Vogelrufen”

    Note: barely ursprachlich

    Material: O.Ind. ṭiṭṭibha- m. “Parra jacana”; Ltv. titilbis, titilbīte “Wasserläufer”, Lith. tilvìkas, titilvìkas, titìlvis “Brachhuhn, Schnepfe”; Gk. τῑτυβίζω or τιττυβίζω “ gaggle, cackle, chitchat, talk, snicker (of partridge, game bird, the swallow”); Lat. titiō, -üre “chirp, twitter, from sparrow”; Ltv. tītê t ‘sing”.

    References: WP. I 742, WH. II 686, Mayrhofer 1, 457.