Etymograph

English

side mover

From side + mover.

A compound of side + mover

Proto-Germanic *sīdaz ‘drooping’

Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ ‘side’

Old English sīde ‘side’

Middle English side

English side

Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- ‘to move’

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Latin movēre

Old Northern French mover

Middle English moven

English move

English mover

Today it means

noun A shogi piece, used in chu shogi and larger variants, which has range movement to the sides and can take one step forward or back.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “side mover”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / side mover