Where does “serranía” come from?

serranía (Spanish) comes from Spanish Serrano, from Spanish Sierra, 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.

serranía (Spanish): mountains, mountainous area

Definitions

  1. mountains, mountainous area

Ancestry of “serranía”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishSerranomountain, mountainous
2SpanishSierrasaw tool
3Latinserraa saw; a kind of sawfish; a serrated battle order
4Proto-Italicserzā—
5Proto-Indo-Europeansers-eh₂—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansers-to cut off
7Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together
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