Where does “sírpas” come from?

sírpas (Proto-Balto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European sēr-, from Proto-Indo-European ser- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.

Ancestry of “sírpas”, step by step

sírpas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European sēr-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansēr-to flow
2Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together

via Proto-Indo-European sr̥p-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansr̥p-

Words derived from “sírpas

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