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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