zier

== Albanian == === Verb === zier past participle of ziej == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch siere, from Frankish *seuro, from Proto-West Germanic *seur(j)ōn, which was borrowed into French as ciron (“itch-mite”). The ultimate origin is unknown, as cognates outside of West Germanic are lacking. Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kes- (“to scrape”), source of Ancient Greek ξύω (xúō, “to scratch, scrape”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ziːr/ Hyphenation: zier Rhymes: -ir === Noun === zier f (uncountable, diminutive ziertje n) a tiny amount (archaic) a mite ==== Derived terms ==== geen zier === References === van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “zier”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute “ciron”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012