Where does “serrer” come from?

serrer (Latin) comes from Latin serro, 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.

serrer (Latin): first-person singular present passive subjunctive...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive...

Ancestry of “serrer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinserroI saw up, or to pieces; I close, shut
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sers- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sers-eh₂ →