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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
tionnscainn, a beginning, devising, tionnsgal, ingenuity, Ir. tionnscnadh, a beginning, device, plotting, tionsgiodal, managing, industry, O. Ir. tinscnaim (= to-ind-scannaim), I begin, tindscetal, a beginning, root sqend, start, spring, Lat. scando, ascend, Skr. skandati, hurry, spring. The W. has cy-chwyn, ortus (*sqenô). The form -scetal is for sqen-t- (?).
tiop, pilfer (M'A.); cf. tiolp.
tìor, dry (as corn), kiln-dry, Ir. tiortha, kiln-dried (Con.), M. Ir. tírad, kiln-drying, E. Ir. tír, to dry; from the root of tioram (O. Ir. tírim).
tìorail, warm, cosy, sheltered, Ir. tíoramhuil, cosy; W. tirion, pleasant, a familiar abject; cf. Ir. tíoramhuil, tíorthamhuil, homely, national, from tír. Dr Cameron regarded it as taken from the root of tioram, which is ultimatley the same as that of tìr. Borrowing from Eng. cheerful is unlikely.
tioram, dry, Ir. tirim, M. Ir. tirimm, O. Ir. tírim, tír (vb.): *tersmi-, root ters, dry, as in tart, q.v. See also tìr for phonetics.
tiorc, save, deliver from peril: *t-erc-, *to-arki-, root ark of teasairg, q.v.
tiort, an accident:
tiosan, water-gruel; from Eng. ptisan, Lat. ptisana, barley water, from Gr. πτισάνη.
tiot, tiota, tiotan, a moment, while; cf. Ir. giota, something small, jot, appendage, from Lat. iota, whence Eng. jot. Gaelic is t-iot.
tìr, land, earth, Ir., O. Ir. tír, W., Corn., Br. tir, tellus, la terre: *têros (*têres-); Lat. terra (*tersâ), Oscan teerum, territorium. The further root is ters, be dry, as in tart; the idea of tír, terrâ, is "dry land" opposed to sea.
tit, an interjection expressive of wet being perceived suddenly (H.S.D.): Eng. chut?
tiugainn, come, let us go; from deaspirated thugainn, "to us", for chugainn, q.v.
tiugh, thick, Ir. tiugh, E. Ir. tiug, W. tew, O. W. teu, obtuso, Corn. tew, Br. teu: *tegu-, thick; Eng. thick, Norse þykkr, Ger. dick; Gr. στεγνός, fast, tight.
tiurr, a beach out of reach of the sea; for an t-iurr, from Norse eyrr, a gravelly bank by a river or a promontory, Swed ör, Dan. örr. tiur, mark of sea on shor, tear, stamp (Carm.).
tlachd, pleasure, so Ir., M. Ir. tlacht: tḷ-ko-, "willing", from toil, will, q.v. O. Ir. todlugud, petitio, tothlaigim, I desire, is from *tloq-, of altach.
