*tilan

The Germanic root *tilan was about a very vague/broad sense of “going toward”.
It’s the origin of English till/until as well as of the verb to till, which might come from a sense of working toward  harvest.

The branch might tie in with the family tree of Zeit/time, but this is just speculation and there is not enough evidence.

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This root gave rise to 10+ German words.

Word Family 10 words

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