From: Peter P
Message: 25285
Date: 2003-08-24
>Estonian 'tiss', Finnish 'tissi' < Swedish 'tiss'.
> DEX and most authors relate it to a Latin "*tit[t]ia". Also to be
> noted Basque "titia", Estonian "tis", meaning 'female breast'. Most
> probably, the word was originally onomatopoeic [children language].
>
> Regards,
> Marius Iacomi