Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/siduz

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

Uncertain. On the suggestion that the meaning "custom" developed from "band, bond", Kroonen tentatively reconstructs Pre-Germanic *sh₂itús (“bond, rule, tradition”), from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ey- (“to bind”).[1]

Another possibility, though implausible because it would require *swid-, lies in derivation from Proto-Indo-European *swedʰ- (“wont, habit, custom”), cognate with Ancient Greek ἦθος (êthos, “character; custom, habit”), Sanskrit स्वधा (svadhā, “wont, custom, pleasure”), Latin suēscō (“grow accustomed, habituate, acclimate, train”), Latin sodālis (“mate, companion, comrade”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsi.ðuz/

Noun

*siduz m

  1. custom, habit, practice
  2. conduct

Inflection

Declension of *siduz (u-stem)
singular plural
nominative *siduz *sidiwiz
vocative *sidu *sidiwiz
accusative *sidų *sidunz
genitive *sidauz *sidiwǫ̂
dative *sidiwi *sidumaz
instrumental *sidū *sidumiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *sidu
    • Old English: sidu, seodu
      • Middle English: side
    • Old Frisian: side
    • Old Saxon: sidu
      • Middle Low German: side
    • Old Dutch: sido
    • Old High German: situ
  • Old Norse: siðr
  • Gothic: 𐍃𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍃 (sidus)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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