Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/śěrъ

Etymology
Related to 🇨🇬, but beyond that of uncertain origin. Possible etymologies include:
 * Per Vaillant, Trubachev, Derksen: From pre-Slavic, continuing , from or less likely . Morphologically equivalent to  + . Cognates include 🇨🇬 (> 🇨🇬), 🇨🇬 (> 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬). Compare also 🇨🇬.
 * ?: Less likely West Slavic are from an earlier, from , from . Compare 🇨🇬 (< ).
 * Per Snoj: From, akin to 🇨🇬.
 * Per Meillet, Pedersen, Shakhmatov, Kroonen: A borrowing from 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) gray

Descendants

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