Proto-IE: *ksē-
Meaning: to burn, to dry
Old Indian: kṣāyati `to burn, singe', kṣātí- `Glut', kṣāmá- `burning to ashes, scorched, dried up', kṣāra- `caustic, corrosive'
Armenian: chav `Schmerz', chasnum `zürne', aor. chaseay; chamakh `trocken'
Old Greek: acc. ksēró- `trocken, dürr, saftlos'
Latin: serēscō, -ere `werde trocken'; serēnus, -a `heiter, hell, klar, trocken'
Russ. meaning: гореть, сохнуть
