sear
English
/siːɹ/, /sɪə(ɹ)/
adj
Definitions
- Dry; withered, especially of vegetation.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sere inherited from Old English sēar (barren, dry, withered) inherited from Proto-Germanic *sauzaz (dry, parched) derived from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ews- (parched, dry).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sh₂ews-
Gloss
parched, dry
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
- ensear English
- red English
- redsear English
- searer English
- seareth English
- searwood English
- wood English
- austerus Latin
- sohr German
- zoor Dutch, Flemish
- saur French
- saurir French
- αὐστηρός Ancient Greek
- *h₂sews- Proto-Indo-European
- *saus- Proto-Indo-European
- *sh₂ews- Proto-Indo-European
- *sauzaz Proto-Germanic
- *sauzijaną Proto-Germanic
- searmonaþ Old English
- sēar Old English
- शुष्क Sanskrit
- शुष्यति Sanskrit
- शोषयति Sanskrit
- seer Middle English
- seere Middle English
- seir Middle English
- ser Middle English
- sere Middle English
- seren Middle English
- cire Old French
- शुष्क Hindi
- सोखना Hindi
- sôor Middle Dutch
- *sōr Old High German
- sōr Middle High German
- saurir Middle French
- soura Old Portuguese
- souriço Old Portuguese
- *Hsúškas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *Hsúšyati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *sōr Old Saxon
- *sori, *sōri Frankish
- *Hsawṣáyati Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *Hsúṣkas Proto-Indo-Aryan
- 𑀲𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔 Sauraseni Prakrit
- shuko Romani
- सूखा Bhojpuri
- 𑀰𑀼𑀰𑁆𑀓 Magadhi Prakrit
- sako inc-kho
- শুকান Kamta