Etymograph

English

tither

Tither comes from Middle English tithe ‘tenth’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ ‘ten’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*déḱm̥‘ten’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*deḱm̥tósreconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*tehundô‘tenth’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*tehundō‘tenth’reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150tēoþa‘tenth’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500tithe‘tenth’
  7. Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500tithereas tither
  8. Englishtodaytither

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*déḱm̥‘ten’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*deḱm̥tósreconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*tehundô‘tenth’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*tehundō‘tenth’reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150tēoþa‘tenth’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500tithe‘tenth’
  7. Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500tithereas tither
  8. Englishtodaytither

Formed from tithe + -er

Old English tēoþa ‘tenth’

Middle English tithe ‘tenth’

English tithe

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ ‘ten’

ten, century, cent, hundred, dick, decade, dean, dozen, den, sen, decimal, diner, hectare, tenfold, deca, denier, dwt, doyen, deni, 50 more

Today it means

noun One who collects tithes.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ / tither

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