Etymograph

English

Sauer

Sauer comes from Middle High German sur ‘sour’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *suHrós.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*suHrósreconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sūraz‘sour, acidic’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*sūr‘sour, acidic’reconstructed
  4. Old High Germanc. 750–1050sūr‘sour’
  5. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350sur‘sour’
  6. EnglishtodaySauer

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*suHrósreconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sūraz‘sour, acidic’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*sūr‘sour, acidic’reconstructed
  4. Old High Germanc. 750–1050sūr‘sour’
  5. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350sur‘sour’
  6. EnglishtodaySauer

Linked words

through Proto-Germanic *sūraz ‘sour, acidic’

sorrel, sourness, 2 more

through Proto-West Germanic *sūr ‘sour, acidic’

sour, 3 more

Another origin of Sauer

  1. LuxembourgishmodernSauer
  2. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

name A surname from German of Austrian origin.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *suHrós / Sauer

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