- su̯er-1 (also ser-?)
- su̯er-1 (also ser-?)English meaning: to speakDeutsche Übersetzung: ‘sprechen, reden”Material: Lat. sermō, -ōnis “Wechselrede, conversation, entertainment, Gespräch” (*sermō) is unclear; Maybe Alb. (*sermō) thirmë n. f. ‘shout, call” [common Alb. s > th shift] Osc. sverrunei “dem Sprecher, Wortfũhrer”; Goth. swaran, swōr ‘swear, vow”, O.Ice. sveria, O.E. O.S. swerian, O.H.G. swerien, swerren ds., O.Ice. sø̄ ri nom. pl. “vow, pledge, oath”, M.H.G. swuor “vow, pledge”, O.Ice. svara “anworten, Bũrgschaft leisten”, svǫr pl. “Antwort”, and-svar “gerichtliche verdict “, O.E. and-swaru “Antwort”, O.S. ant-swōr “Antwort, Verantwortung”; O.C.S. svarъ “quarrel” (Hin- and Widerrede), svarъ “fight, struggle”, svariti “vilify, scold, fight, struggle”; Russ. ssóra “quarrel” from *sъsora? *su̯er- ‘speak, talk” is perhaps (but not certainly) eine Anwendung from su̯er-’surren” auf artikuliertes Sprechen.References: WP. II 527, WH. II 521 f., Trautmann 296 f., Vasmer 2, 712.
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.