Thursday, July 15, 2010

सेर سير ♣ Eng. stand, stay

सेर سير ♣ Eng. stand, stay

[sēr], m. a measure of weight.

[◀MIA ⋯ ◀OIA *satēra- ʻa measure of weightʼ ←Ir., Pahl. satēr ←Gk. στατήρ m. ‘a stater, a coin’ ◀PIE *stā- : stǝ- ‘to stand’] ♣[=PIE▶⋯▶Eng. stand, stool, stem, stead ] ♣[=PIE▶⋯→Eng. stage, stance, stay, station, status ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0711; (Turner, 1966) 13106; (Pokorny, 1959) 1004; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 3.519

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