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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

Borrowed from Medieval Latin sīda, from Late Latin sēta (“silk”), from Latin saeta (“bristle (of horsehair)”).[1]

Noun

*sīdā f

silk

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 Saxon: *sīda
- Middle Low German: sîde, seide
Old Dutch: *sīda
- Middle Dutch: sīde
  - Dutch: zijde
    - Afrikaans: sy
    - Negerhollands: sie
Old High German: sīda
- Middle High German: sīde
  - German: Seide
  - Hunsrik: Seid

References

de Vries, Jan (1971) “zijde”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

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