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zerp.

tangily sour

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

adj/zɛrp/
  1. tangily sour

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Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch sarp, from Old Dutch *sarp, from Proto-West Germanic *sarp. Cognate with Old High German sarf. Further etymology uncertain, but the word has been related to ἅρπη (hárpē, “bird of prey, sickle, scimitar”), Proto-Slavic *sьrpъ (“sickle”), apparently deriving from a Proto-Indo-European root with a meaning relating to sharpness.

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