sur
Swedish
/sʉːr/
adjective
Definitions
- sour; the characteristic taste of a lemon
- acetous; having a sour taste
- acidic
- in a bad temper; look sour
- wet; damp
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish sūr, sur inherited from Old Norse súrr (sour) inherited from Proto-Germanic *sūraz (sour, damp, salty, acidic) derived from Proto-Indo-European *sūr-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sūr-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- surströmming English
- *súHros Proto-Indo-European
- *sūr- Proto-Indo-European
- sur Norwegian Bokmål
- surstrømming Norwegian Bokmål
- *sūraz Proto-Germanic
- puppa Swedish
- strömming Swedish
- surpuppa Swedish
- surströmming Swedish
- sur Norwegian Nynorsk
- surstrømming Norwegian Nynorsk
- sur Old English
- sūr Old English
- súrleikr Old Norse
- súrr Old Norse
- surströmming Danish
- sur Old French
- súr Icelandic
- súrkál Icelandic
- súrmjólk Icelandic
- sur Old High German
- sūr Old High German
- súrur Faroese
- *sūr gmw-pro
- *sūr, gmw-pro
- *sūr Old Dutch
- sur Old Swedish
- sūr, sur Old Swedish
- *sūr Old Frisian