Ags. sengan, mnd. mhd. sengen `sengen' (*sangjan `brennen machen'); nd. sangeren `in der Haut prickeln' (eig. `brennen'), a"lter ndl. sengel `Funke', mhd. senge `Trockenheit, Du"rre', sinc (-g-) `das Sengen', sungen, sunken `anbrennen', sungeln, sunkeln `knistern', norw. dial. sengra, sengla `brenzlich riechen', schwed. dial. sja"ngla `sengen', isl. sa:ng(u)r, n. sangt `versengt, angebrannt'; aksl. pre^-so,c^iti, iso,c^iti `trocknen', so,c^ilo `Ofen', russ. izsjaklyj `trocken'.