sour
Middle English
/suːr/
adj
Definitions
- sour, acidic, bitter
- foul-smelling, rancid
- fermented, curdled
- unpleasant, unattractive
Etymology
Inherited from Old English sūr (sour) inherited from Proto-Germanic *sūraz (sour, damp, salty, acidic).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*sūraz
Gloss
sour, damp, salty, acidic
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
湿
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- besour English
- sorrel English
- sour English
- sour puss English
- sourball English
- sourbelly English
- sourberry English
- sourdough English
- soureth English
- sourfaced English
- sourful English
- sourgrass English
- sourhead English
- sourish English
- sourly English
- sourness English
- sourpuss English
- soursop English
- sourstuff English
- sourwood English
- unsour English
- *súHros Proto-Indo-European
- *sūr- Proto-Indo-European
- *sūraz Proto-Germanic
- sur Old English
- surnes Old English
- sūr Old English
- súrr Old Norse
- sur Old French
- sur Old High German
- sūr Old High German
- *sūr gmw-pro
- *sūr, gmw-pro
- *sūr Old Dutch
- *sūr Old Frisian
- saua Tok Pisin