Where does “serra” come from?

serra (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese serra, 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.

serra (Galician): saw; sierra, mountain range; highland

Definitions

  1. saw; sierra, mountain range; highland

Ancestry of “serra”, step by step

serra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Portuguese serra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseserra
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

via Latin sēra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsēraa bar or bolt for fastening doors
2Latinserōto sow, plant
3Latinsēruslate, too late
4Proto-Italicswerjos
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswer-yo-s
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswer-to ache; to fester; wound; injury

Words derived from “serra

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser-