Etymology Explorer › Middle High German

Where does “zeren” come from?

zeren (Middle High German) comes from Old High German zeren, from Proto-Germanic tarjaną.

Ancestry of “zeren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanzeren—
2Proto-Germanictarjaną—

Words derived from “zeren”

  • verzehrbar
  • Wegzehrung
  • Zehrung
  • verzehren
  • zehren
  • fercerati
  • zieren
  • Zier
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