Where does “serc” come from?

serc (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic sarki, from Proto-Germanic sarkiz, from Proto-Indo-European swerg-, from Proto-Indo-European sēr-, from Proto-Indo-European ser- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.

serc (Old English): shirt, coat of mail

Definitions

  1. shirt, coat of mail

Ancestry of “serc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicsarkisark, shirt
2Proto-Germanicsarkizsark, shirt; coat of mail
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswerg-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeansēr-to flow
5Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together

Words derived from “serc”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sēr- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European swerg- →