Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sīdā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ.

Noun

*sīdā f

1. side

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sīdā
Genitive	*sīdōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sīdā	*sīdōn
Accusative	*sīdōn	*sīdōn
Genitive	*sīdōn	*sīdōnō
Dative	*sīdōn	*sīdōm, *sīdum
Instrumental	*sīdōn	*sīdōm, *sīdum

Descendants

• 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
    • Low German: Siede
      • German Low German: Sied, Siet, Side
    • Plautdietsch: Sied
• Old Dutch: sīda
  • Middle Dutch: side
    • Dutch: zijde, zij
      • Afrikaans: sye, sy
      • Negerhollands: sie, śi
• Old High German: sīta
  • Middle High German: sīte
    • Alemannic German: Siite
    • Central Franconian: Seck
    • Cimbrian: sait
    • German: Seite
    • Luxembourgish: Säit
    • Yiddish: זײַט (zayt)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Medieval Latin sīda, from Late Latin sēta (“silk”), from Latin saeta (“bristle (of horsehair)”).

Noun

*sīdā f

1. silk

   Synonym: *seluk

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*sīdā
Genitive	*sīdōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sīdā	*sīdōn
Accusative	*sīdōn	*sīdōn
Genitive	*sīdōn	*sīdōnō
Dative	*sīdōn	*sīdōm, *sīdum
Instrumental	*sīdōn	*sīdōm, *sīdum

Descendants

• Old English: sīde
  • → Old Irish: síta
    • Irish: síoda
    • Manx: sheeidey
    • Scottish Gaelic: sìoda
  • → Middle Welsh: sidan
    • Welsh: sidan
• Old Saxon: *sīda
  • Middle Low German: sîde, seide
    • Low German: Siede
    • Plautdietsch: Sied
    • → Latvian: zīds
    • → Estonian: siid
• Old Dutch: *sīda
  • Middle Dutch: sīde
    • Dutch: zijde
      • Afrikaans: sy
      • Negerhollands: sie
• Old High German: sīda
  • Middle High German: sīde
    • German: Seide
    • Hunsrik: Seid
    • Luxembourgish: Seid
    • Yiddish: זײַד (zayd)
  • → Old East Slavic: шида (šida)
  • → Old Novgorodian: шида (šida)