Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sīdǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Derived from *sīdaz (“long”), with sense development "long" > "broad (surface)" > "side".^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsiː.ðɔ̃ː/

Noun

*sīdǭ f

side

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *sīdǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sīdǭ	*sīdōniz
vocative	*sīdǭ	*sīdōniz
accusative	*sīdōnų	*sīdōnunz
genitive	*sīdōniz	*sīdōnǫ̂
dative	*sīdōni	*sīdōmaz
instrumental	*sīdōnē	*sīdōmiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *sīdā
- Old English: sīde
  - Middle English: side, zide (Kent)
    - English: side
    - Scots: side, syde
    - Yola: zeide
- Old Frisian: sīde
  - Saterland Frisian: Siede
  - West Frisian: side
- Old Saxon: sīda
  - Middle Low German: sîde
    - German Low German: Sied
- Old Dutch: *sīda
  - Middle Dutch: side
    - Dutch: zijde, zij
      - Afrikaans: sy
- Old High German: sīta
  - Middle High German: sīte
    - Alemannic German: Siite
    - Central Franconian: Seck
    - Cimbrian: sait
    - German: Seite
    - Luxembourgish: Säit
    - Yiddish: זײַט (zayt)
Old Norse: síða
- Icelandic: síða
- Faroese: síða
- Norwegian Bokmål: side
- Norwegian Nynorsk: side
- Old Swedish: sīþa
  - Swedish: sida
- Danish: side

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*sīda-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 435: “*sīdōn-”

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*sīda-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 435: “*sīdōn-”

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