Where does “serra” come from?

serra (Latin) comes 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 (Latin): a saw; a kind of sawfish; a serrated battle order

Definitions

  1. a saw; a kind of sawfish; a serrated battle order

Ancestry of “serra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicserzā—
2Proto-Indo-Europeansers-eh₂—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansers-to cut off
4Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together

Words derived from “serra”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser- →