Where does “sēar” come from?

sēar (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *sauʀ(ī), from Proto-Germanic sauzaz, from Proto-Indo-European saus- — dry, parched.

sēar (Old English): withered, barren; dry

Definitions

  1. withered, barren; dry

Ancestry of “sēar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*sauʀ(ī)dry, parched
2Proto-Germanicsauzazdry, parched
3Proto-Indo-Europeansaus-dry, parched

Words derived from “sēar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European saus- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sauzaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sauʀ(ī) →