zer-

Senso (Inglese)

1. (morpheme) asunder, to pieces, to bits
2. (morpheme) to spoil by

sinonimi

auseinander-

Fransen

ver-

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/tsɛɐ̯/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da tedesco medio alto: zer-, ze-, zu-

Affine Middle Low German: to-

Affine latino: dis-

Affine inglese: dissolve

In summary

Middle High German zer-, ze-, zu-
Assumed to be fused from er- and an old prefix ze-, already denoting an aspect of dissolvement and asunderness. The latter is probably cognate with Middle Low German to- and English to- of the same meaning. All are ultimately from Proto-Germanic *twiz-, from Proto-Indo-European *dwís, thus further cognate with Latin dis- as in English dissolve.