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Where does “sīere” come from?

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

sīere (Old English): dry, withered; barren; sere; dry, sere, sear,...

Definitions

  1. dry, withered; barren; sere; dry, sere, sear,...

Ancestry of “sīere”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sīere”

  • searing
  • sear
  • sere
  • cere
  • searingly
  • seral
  • cerecloth
  • hydrosere
  • hydroseral
  • searer
  • lithosere
  • psammosere
  • ensear
  • seere
  • seer
  • seare
  • sere
  • ser
  • seir
  • seyr
Every word from Proto-Indo-European saus- →