Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryDry; withered, especially of vegetation.
From Middle English sere, seer, seere, from Old English sēar, sīere (“dry, sere, sear, withered, barren”), from Proto-West Germanic *sauʀ(ī), from Proto-Germanic *sauzaz (“dry”), from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ews- (“dry, parched”) (also reconstructed as *h₂sews-). Cognate with Dutch zoor (“dry, rough”), Low German soor (“dry”), German sohr (“parched, dried up”), dialectal Norwegian søyr (“the desiccation and death of a tree”), Lithuanian saũsas (“dry”), Ukrainian сухий (suxyj, “dry”), Polish suchy (“dry”), Homeric Ancient Greek αὖος (aûos, “dry”). Doublet of sere and sare.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionsereenm
- Inherited-form mentionsēarang
- Inherited-form mention*sauʀ(ī)gmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*sauzazgem-pro
- Derivation mention*sh₂ews-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionzoornl
- Cognate mentionsoornds
- Cognate mentionsohrde
- Cognate mentionsøyrno
- Cognate mentionsaũsaslt
- Cognate mentionсухийuk
- Cognate mentionsuchypl
- Cognate mentionαὖοςgrc
- Doublet mentionsereen
- Doublet mentionsareen
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
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