Where does “tsieren” come from?

tsieren (Middle Dutch) comes from Middle High German zieren, from Old High German ziarōn, from Proto-West Germanic tiari-, from Proto-Germanic diH-or-i-.

Ancestry of “tsieren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanzieren—
2Old High Germanziarōn—
3Proto-West Germanictiari-neat, splendid
4Proto-GermanicdiH-or-i-—
Every word from Proto-Germanic diH-or-i- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic tiari- →Every word from Old High German ziarōn →
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