Where does “scirpe” come from?

scirpe (French) comes from Latin scirpus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kerbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

scirpe (French): bulrush

Definitions

  1. bulrush

Ancestry of “scirpe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscirpusa rush, bulrush; riddle, enigma
2Proto-Indo-European(s)kerbʰ-to scratch, scrape
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
4Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kerbʰ- →