Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/saidaz

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 1

From Proto-Indo-European *soytós, from *seyt-.[1] Compare also Etymology 2 below.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑj.ðɑz/

Noun

*saidaz m[1]

  1. (North Germanic) magic, charm
    Synonym: *taubrą
Inflection
Declension of *saidaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *saidaz *saidōz, *saidōs
vocative *said *saidōz, *saidōs
accusative *saidą *saidanz
genitive *saidas, *saidis *saidǫ̂
dative *saidai *saidamaz
instrumental *saidō *saidamiz
Descendants
  • Old Norse: seiðr
    • Icelandic: seiður
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: seid (learned)
    • → Swedish: sejd (learned)
    • → Danish: sejd (learned)
      • Norwegian Bokmål: seid
    • → Proto-Samic: *siejtē (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 352

Etymology 2

Either directly from Proto-Indo-European *soh₂itos ~ *sh₂oytos, cognate with Proto-Balto-Slavic *sáiˀtas m (“tie; net”) and Latin saeta f (“bristle, mane”), or reformed as an a-stem from *saidô (an-stem from the same root). Ultimately from the root *sh₂ey- (“to tie together, link”).

Noun

*saidaz m[2]

  2. alternative form of *saidô (“band, cord; snare”)
Alternative forms
Inflection
Declension of *saidaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *saidaz *saidōz, *saidōs
vocative *said *saidōz, *saidōs
accusative *saidą *saidanz
genitive *saidas, *saidis *saidǫ̂
dative *saidai *saidamaz
instrumental *saidō *saidamiz
Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*saida-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 421
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*saiðaz ~ *saiþaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 312
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