Where does “syrfe” come from?

syrfe (Old English) comes from Vulgar Latin sorbea, from Latin sorbus, from Indo-European *ser-.

syrfe (Old English): service tree (Sorbus torminalis)

Definitions

  1. service tree (Sorbus torminalis)

Ancestry of “syrfe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinsorbea—
2Latinsorbussorb; service tree; "Sorbus domestica"
3Indo-European*ser-—

Words derived from “syrfe”

Every word from Indo-European *ser- →Every word from Latin sorbus →Every word from Vulgar Latin sorbea →