zier

See also: Zier

Albanian

Verb

zier

1. past participle of ziej

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch siere, from Frankish *seuro, from Proto-West Germanic *seur(j)ōn, which was borrowed into French as ciron (“itch-mite”). The ultimate origin is unknown, as cognates outside of West Germanic are lacking. Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kes- (“to scrape”), source of Ancient Greek ξύω (xúō, “to scratch, scrape”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ziːr/

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• Hyphenation: zier
• Rhymes: -ir

Noun

zier f (uncountable, diminutive ziertje n)

1. a tiny amount
2. (archaic) a mite

Derived terms

• geen zier

References

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “zier”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
• “ciron”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Papiamentu

Adjective

zier

1. sour

References

• Hassell, E. A. L. (1953), Dictionary English Papiamentu - Papiamentu English‎^[1] (overall work in English), San Nicolas, Aruba: Lago Oil and Transport Co., page 144