*siduz

Runic: ᛊᛁᛞᚢᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈsi.ðuz/

noun · masculine · u-stem

Meanings

  1. custom, habit, practice
  2. conduct

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’).

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) (êthos, ‘character; custom, habit’), Sanskrit स्वधा (svadhā) (svadhā, ‘wont, custom, pleasure’), Latin suēscō (‘grow accustomed, habituate, acclimate, train’), Latin sodālis (‘mate, companion, comrade’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.siduzsidiwiz
Acc.sidųsidunz
Gen.sidauzsidiwǫ̂
Dat.sidiwisidumaz
Inst.sidūsidumiz
Voc.sidusidiwiz

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Descendants

  • *sidu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sido (Old Dutch)
      • sēde (Middle Dutch)
        • zede (Dutch)
          • sede (Afrikaans)
  • *sidu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sidu, seodu (Old English)
      • side (Middle English)
  • *sidu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • side (Old Frisian)
      • side, sede (North Frisian)
      • Sidde (Saterland Frisian)
      • sede (West Frisian)
  • *sidu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • situ (Old High German)
      • site (Middle High German)
        • Sitte (German)
        • Sitt (Luxembourgish)
  • *sidu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sidu (Old Saxon)
      • side (Middle Low German)
  • siðr (Old Norse)
    • sæd (Danish)
    • siður (Faroese)
    • siður (Icelandic)
    • sið (Jamtish)
    • sed (Norwegian)
  • siðr (Old Norse)
    • siþer, sedher (Old Swedish)
      • sed (Swedish)
  • 𐍃𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍃 (sidus) (Gothic)

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