sinder

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sindraz (“dross, cinder, slag”), from Proto-Indo-European *sendʰro- (“coagulating fluid, scale, cinder”). Akin to Old High German sintar (“cinder”), Middle Low German sinder (“cinder”), Old Norse sindr (“cinder”), Old Church Slavonic сядра (sjadra, “lime cinder, gypsum”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsin.der/

Noun

sinder n

1. cinder, ashes
2. dross, scoria, slag

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	sinder	sinder
accusative	sinder	sinder
genitive	sindres	sindra
dative	sindre	sindrum

Descendants

• English: cinder