шида

Moksha

Noun

шида • (šida)

  1. indefinite singular ablative of ши (ši)

Old Novgorodian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German sīde or Old High German sīda, from Proto-West Germanic *sīdā, from Medieval Latin sīda, from Late Latin sēta (silk), from Latin saeta (bristle).[1] First attested in c. 1180‒1200. Cognate with Old East Slavic шида (šida), attested in the 15th century, which is 200 years later than in Old Novgorodian.[2]

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ши‧да

Noun

шида • (šidaf[2]

  1. (hapax legomenon) silk
    • c. 1180‒1200, Берестяная грамота № 1172 [Birchbark letter no. 1172]‎[2], Novgorod:
      … продае шидоу [в](ъхоу) идеть ти монаго
      … prodaje šidu [v](ŭxu) idetĭ ti monago
      Sell ​​all the silk, there's a big batch coming
Old Novgorodian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sh₂ey- (0 c, 1 e)

References

  1. ^ Vasmer, Max (1973) “шида”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 4 (Т – Ящур), Moscow: Progress, page 437
  2. 2.0 2.1 Gippius, A. A. (2024) “Берестяные грамоты из раскопок 2023 г. в Великом Новгороде и Старой Руссе”, in Вопросы языкознания [Topics in the Study of Language]‎[1] (in Russian), number 4, Moscow: Nauka, →ISSN, page 22

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