Where does “serrín” come from?

serrín (Spanish) comes from Latin serrago, from Latin serra, from Proto-Italic serzā, from Proto-Indo-European sers-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European sers-, from Proto-Indo-European ser- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.

serrín (Spanish): sawdust

Definitions

  1. sawdust

Ancestry of “serrín”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinserragosawdust
2Latinserraa saw; a kind of sawfish; a serrated battle order
3Proto-Italicserzā
4Proto-Indo-Europeansers-eh₂
5Proto-Indo-Europeansers-to cut off
6Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser-Every word from Proto-Indo-European sers-Every word from Proto-Indo-European sers-eh₂
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