Where does “zieren” come from?

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

Ancestry of “zieren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanziarōn—
2Proto-West Germanictiari-neat, splendid
3Proto-GermanicdiH-or-i-—

Words derived from “zieren”

Every word from Proto-Germanic diH-or-i- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic tiari- →Every word from Old High German ziarōn →