Where does “serrar” come from?

serrar (Asturian) comes from Latin serrō, from Latin serra, from Proto-Italic serzā, from Proto-Indo-European sers-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European sers-, from Proto-Indo-European ser- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.

serrar (Asturian): to saw

Definitions

  1. to saw

Ancestry of “serrar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinserrōto saw up, or to pieces
2Latinserraa saw; a kind of sawfish; a serrated battle order
3Proto-Italicserzā—
4Proto-Indo-Europeansers-eh₂—
5Proto-Indo-Europeansers-to cut off
6Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together
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