Sinter

Concepts

sinter

hot-springs mineral deposits

Sinter

Translations

pouri

concrétion

concrezione

sedimento

Sinter

concreción

sinter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈzɪntɐ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: sinder

Inherited from Old High German: sintar

Cognate with Scots: sinder

Cognate with Western Frisian: sindel

Cognate with Dutch: sintel

Cognate with Middle Low German: sinder

Cognate with Danish: sinder

Cognate with Swedish: sinder

Cognate with Icelandic: sindur

Cognate with Church Slavic: сядра

In summary

From Middle High German sinder, from Old High German sintar, from Proto-Germanic *sindrą, *sindraz, *sendraz (“dross, cinder, slag”), from Proto-Indo-European *sendʰro- (“coagulating fluid, liquid slag, scale, cinder”); related to Scots sinder (“ember, cinder”), West Frisian sindel, sintel (“cinder, slag”), Dutch sintel (“cinder, ember, slag”), Middle Low German sinder, sinter (“cinder, slag”), Danish sinder (“spark of ignited iron, cinder”), Swedish sinder (“slag or dross from a forge”), Icelandic sindur (“scoring”), Old Church Slavonic сядра (sjadra, “lime cinder, gypsum”).