Etymology Explorer › Middle High German

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”

  • Zierbuchstabe
  • zieren
  • verzieren
  • Verzierung
  • sier
  • siervuurwerk
  • versieren
  • sieren
  • ontsieren
  • sierkussen
  • vansire
  • sire
  • tsieren
  • cieren
  • sieren
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