Where does “syrfe” come from?
syrfe (Old English) comes from Vulgar Latin sorbea, from Latin sorbus, from Indo-European *ser-.
Ancestry of “syrfe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | sorbea | — |
| 2 | Latin | sorbus | sorb; service tree; "Sorbus domestica" |
| 3 | Indo-European | *ser- | — |
Words derived from “syrfe”