sere
Middle English
/sɛːr/, /seːr/, /ˈseːr(ə)/
adjective
Definitions
- dry, withered, shrunken, brittle
Etymology
Inherited from Old English sēar (barren, dry, withered) inherited from Proto-Germanic *sauzaz (dry, parched).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*sauzaz
Gloss
dry, parched
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
干, 乾
Emoji
🏜️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cere English
- cerecloth English
- ensear English
- redsear English
- sear English
- searer English
- seareth English
- searwood English
- cera Latin
- cēra Latin
- cire French
- *h₂sews- Proto-Indo-European
- *saus- Proto-Indo-European
- *sh₂ews- Proto-Indo-European
- *sauzaz Proto-Germanic
- *sauzijaną Proto-Germanic
- searmonaþ Old English
- sēar Old English
- sēarian Old English
- seer Middle English
- seere Middle English
- seir Middle English
- ser Middle English
- seren Middle English
- cire Old French
- sôor Middle Dutch
- *sōr Old High German
- chithe Norman
- soura Old Portuguese
- souriço Old Portuguese
- *sōr Old Saxon
- *sori, *sōri Frankish