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sinder

Pronunciation: /ˈsin.der/

“sinder” is an Old English word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

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

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sindr, 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”).

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