Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sīþuz
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Proto-Germanic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Pre-Germanic *séh₁-i-tu-s or *sh₁-éi-tu-s, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“long, lasting”). Related to Latin sērus (“late, slow”), Old Irish sír (“long, lasting”).[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
*sīþuz
Inflection
Declension of *sīþuz (u-stem)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *sīþuz | *sīþijai | *sīþī | *sīþijôz | *sīþų, *-jatō | *sīþijō |
| accusative | *sīþijanǭ | *sīþijanz | *sīþijǭ | *sīþijōz | *sīþų, *-jatō | *sīþijō |
| genitive | *sīþijas, *sīþīs | *sīþijaizǫ̂ | *sīþijaizōz | *sīþijaizǫ̂ | *sīþijas, *sīþīs | *sīþijaizǫ̂ |
| dative | *sīþijammai | *sīþijaimaz | *sīþijaizōi | *sīþijaimaz | *sīþijammai | *sīþijaimaz |
| instrumental | *sīþijanō | *sīþijaimiz | *sīþijaizō | *sīþijaimiz | *sīþijanō | *sīþijaimiz |
| weak declension | ||||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *sīþijô | *sīþijaniz | *sīþijǭ | *sīþijōniz | *sīþijô | *sīþijōnō |
| accusative | *sīþijanų | *sīþijanunz | *sīþijōnų | *sīþijōnunz | *sīþijô | *sīþijōnō |
| genitive | *sīþīniz | *sīþijanǫ̂ | *sīþijōniz | *sīþijōnǫ̂ | *sīþīniz | *sīþijanǫ̂ |
| dative | *sīþīni | *sīþijammaz | *sīþijōni | *sīþijōmaz | *sīþīni | *sīþijammaz |
| instrumental | *sīþīnē | *sīþijammiz | *sīþijōnē | *sīþijōmiz | *sīþīnē | *sīþijammiz |
Related terms
- *sīdaz (possibly)
Descendants
- Old English: sīþ
- ⇒ Old Frisian: sether
- Old Saxon: sīth
- Old Dutch: *sīth
- Old High German: sīd
- Old Norse: síðr, síð
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌸𐌿𐍃 (seiþus)
- → Proto-Finnic: *hidas (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*sīþu-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 437