Old English · noun
sinder
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈsin.der/
- Syllables
- ˈsin · der (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- cinderashesscoriaslagdross
Meaning
-
cinder, ashes
-
dross, scoria, slag
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *sindr, from Proto-Germanic *sindraz (“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”).
Descendants
cinder
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