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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

From Proto-Indo-European *soytós, from *seyt-.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑi̯.ðɑz/

Noun

*saidaz m[1]

  1. magic, charm
    Synonym: *taubrą

Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension 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
    • → Swedish: sejd
    • → Danish: sejd
      • Norwegian Bokmål: seid

Further reading
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 352

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*saida-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 421
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