Where does “sēro” come from?

sēro (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic sairaz, from Proto-Indo-European seh₂yro-, from Proto-Indo-European seh₂y- — to bind; to be fierce, afflict; to tie, bind.

Ancestry of “sēro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsairazsore, painful
2Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₂yro-
3Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₂y-to bind; to be fierce, afflict; to tie, bind

Words derived from “sēro

Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₂y-Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₂yro-Every word from Proto-Germanic sairaz