sinder

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈsinder/

Noun

sinder n

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

Declension

Descendants

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