Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/siduz
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editUncertain. 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
editNoun
edit*siduz m
Inflection
editu-stemDeclension of *siduz (u-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *siduz | *sidiwiz | |
vocative | *sidu | *sidiwiz | |
accusative | *sidų | *sidunz | |
genitive | *sidauz | *sidiwǫ̂ | |
dative | *sidiwi | *sidumaz | |
instrumental | *sidū | *sidumiz |
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *sidu
- Old Norse: siðr
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍃 (sidus)