English
sinter
Sinter comes from Old High German sintar, from Proto-Germanic *sindraz ‘dross, cinder, slag’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sendʰro-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sendʰro-‘coagulating fluid, liquid slag, scale, cinder’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sindraz‘dross, cinder, slag’reconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050sintar
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350sinder
- Germanc. 1650–presentSinter
- Englishearliest quotation 1883sinter
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sendʰro-‘coagulating fluid, liquid slag, scale, cinder’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sindraz‘dross, cinder, slag’reconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050sintar
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350sinder
- Germanc. 1650–presentSinter
- Englishearliest quotation 1883sinter
Earliest quotation: 1883, John Magens Mello, Quartz: its Varieties and Formation: “That water at a high temperature can hold quartz…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sendʰro- ‘coagulating fluid, liquid slag, scale, cinder’
Today it means
noun An alluvial sediment deposited by a mineral spring.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sendʰro- / sinter