tieren
Meaning
- to thrive, prosper
- to make a fuss, to rant
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In summary
From Middle Dutch tieren, from Proto-West Germanic *tiari- (“neat, splendid”), from Proto-Germanic *diH-or-i-. The ultimate origin is uncertain, but cognate with Old Norse tærr (“clear (water)”), which could be related to tár (“tear”) << Proto-Germanic *tahrą. Cognate with German zieren, and also sieren which was borrowed from Middle High German.
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