Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ser-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Root

*ser-

1. to bind, to tie together
2. thread

Derived terms

• *sér-e-ti (thematic root present)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *sertéi
    • Latvian: sẽrt
  • Proto-Italic: *serō
    • Latin: serō (see there for further descendants)
• *sér-ye-ti (ye-present)
  • Proto-Hellenic: *héřřō
    • Ancient Greek: εἴρω (eírō)
• *sér-mō
  • Proto-Italic: *sermō
    • Latin: sermō (see there for further descendants)
• *sér-ti-s
  • Proto-Italic: *sortis
    • Latin: sors (see there for further descendants)
• *sór-mo-s
  • Proto-Hellenic: *hórmos
    • Ancient Greek: ὅρμος (hórmos)
• *sor-wo-s
  • • • Old English: sierwan
      • Old Frisian: sera
      • Old High German:
        • Middle High German: serwen
    • ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *gasarwiją
      • Old High German: gisarawi
        • Middle High German: geserwe
      • Old Norse: sørvi
• Unsorted formations:
  • Proto-Albanian: *surma
    • Albanian: gjurmë
  • Proto-Armenian:
    • Old Armenian: [Term?], *հերթ (*hertʻ), *հերդ (*herd) (< *ser-t-)
      • Middle Armenian: [Term?], *հերթ (*hertʻ)
        • Armenian: հերթ (hertʻ)
    • Old Armenian: (< յ- (y-) + *ser-s-) յեռում (yeṙum), յեռեմ (yeṙem) — post-Classical
      • → Armenian: հեռել (heṙel) (learned)
    • Old Armenian: (< *sor-mo-) որմ (orm), որմն (ormn)
      • Armenian: որմ (orm), առորմի (aṙormi)
    • (?) Old Armenian: (< *sōr-s-) *հուռ- (*huṙ-)
      • Armenian: հուռ (huṙ)
    • (?) Old Armenian: (յ- (y-) + *sēr-) յիրեմ (yirem)
      • → Armenian: հիրել (hirel) (learned)
  • Proto-Germanic: *sarkiz (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian:
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan:
      • Sanskrit: सरत् (sarat)
      • Sanskrit: सिरा (sirā)
  • Proto-Tocharian:
    • Tocharian A: sar-