Eurasiatic: *SirV

Meaning: sinew; root

Borean: Borean

Indo-European: *ser-

Altaic: *si̯ŏ̀rme + *či̯uŕu 'string' 253; *sĭra 'to sew together' 2017; *ši̯ŭru 'beads' 2185; *ǯḗro 'edge, row' 2594; *sēri 'embroidery' 2718

Uralic: *särV + *śerV 'Reihe, Ordnung' 971; *š[e]rmV 'sinew, thread'; FP *śerwV 'blood-vessel' (cf. also Khanty J лŏrt, Ko. turt 'Wurzel' - Redei 784); *śermVtti 'halter'

Kartvelian: *ʒ́ir-; Georg. šar- 'row'; *swer- 'row' 974

Dravidian: *sīr (?); *čàraḍ- 231; SDr *sur-i- 'to string'

Comments: Prob. many roots: cf. also Alt. *siŋri (764); PU *jure 'Wurzel(ende)' (also Yuk. *jerǝmǝ 'log'?); PK *ʒ́arɣw- 'sinew' (see Долгопольский 1972, 165) [+ *ʒ́ir- 'root' 1280?].

References: МССНЯ 341; ND 2106 *säru 'sinew, fibre' (IE + Ur + Alt *siŋri); 2107 *śeRV 'row' (Ur. *śerV + IE *ser- + Sem. *šVwr-; Georg. šar- is regarded as < Sem.); 2171 *š[e]R(V)mu 'sinew, root' (Alt. *si̯ŏ̀rme - Ur. *š[e]rmV + Chad.); 2802 *ʒ̂irGu/ü 'vein, sinew' (Kartv. *ʒ́arɣw-, Ur. *śerwV + IE *ser- + SH); 2803 *ʒ̂irwV 'root' (Kartv. *ʒ́ir- + Drav. *sīr- + SH). This all has to be sorted out.