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Pokorny's dictionary :

Number: 1048

Root: k̂sā-

English meaning: to burn

German meaning: `brennen (versengt, dunkel??)'?

Material: Ai. kṣā́yati `brennt', kṣātí- f. `Glut', kṣāmá- `versengt, ausgedörrt, vertrocknet', kṣārá- `brennend, ätzend'; Kaus. kṣāpáyati `macht brennen';

zu letzterer p-Form vielleicht arm. c̣av `Schmerz', c̣asnum `zürne', Aor. c̣aseay (`*hitzig sein';s = ps-); zu kṣāmá- wohl arm. c̣amak` `trocken' (die arm. Worte weisen auf k̂s-).

References: WP. I 500, Frisk Nominalbild. 6;

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Proto-IE: *ksē-

Meaning: to burn, to dry

Old Indian: kṣāyati `to burn, singe', kṣātí- `Glut', kṣāmá- `burning to ashes, scorched, dried up', kṣāra- `caustic, corrosive'

Armenian: chav `Schmerz', chasnum `zürne', aor. chaseay; chamakh `trocken'

Old Greek: acc. ksēró- `trocken, dürr, saftlos'

Germanic: *sir-w-ē- vb.

Latin: serēscō, -ere `werde trocken'; serēnus, -a `heiter, hell, klar, trocken'

Russ. meaning: гореть, сохнуть

References: WP I 503

piet-meaning,piet-ind,piet-arm,piet-greek,piet-germ,piet-lat,piet-rusmean,piet-refer,

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Proto-Germanic: *sirwēn- vb.

Meaning: become dry

IE etymology: IE etymology

Old High German: serawēn `trocken werden, tabescere, languere, marcere'

Middle High German: sërwen, sërben wk. 'innerlich abnehmen, entkräftet werden, dahinwelken, kränkeln, absterben'

German: { serben `verdorren, welk werden' }

germet-meaning,germet-prnum,germet-ohg,germet-mhg,germet-hg,

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