sinder

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sindrą (dross, cinder, slag), from Proto-Indo-European *sendʰro- (coagulating fluid, scale, cinder). Akin to Old High German sintar (cinder), Middle Low German sinder (cinder), Old Norse sindr (cinder), Old Church Slavonic сядра (sjadra, lime cinder, gypsum).

Pronunciation

Noun

sinder n

  1. cinder, ashes
  2. dross, scoria, slag

Declension

Descendants

  • English: cinder