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Where does “sair” come from?

sair (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic sairą, from Proto-Germanic sairaz, from Proto-Indo-European seh₂yro-, from Proto-Indo-European seh₂y- — to bind; to be fierce, afflict; to tie, bind.

sair (Proto-West Germanic): painful, sore; pain; wound

Definitions

  1. painful, sore; pain; wound

Ancestry of “sair”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsairąwound; sore
2Proto-Germanicsairazsore, painful
3Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₂yro-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₂y-to bind; to be fierce, afflict; to tie, bind

Words derived from “sair”

  • sar
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