Etymograph

English

sidth

Sidth comes from Middle English *sidth.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*sidth1reconstructed
  2. Englishtodaysidth1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English sidth

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*sidthWiktionary, English sidthreconstructed
  2. EnglishtodaysidthWiktionary, English sidth

Formed from side ‘long, ample, trailing, vast, distant’ + -th

Proto-Germanic *sīdaz ‘drooping’

Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ ‘side’

Old English sīde ‘side’

Middle English side

English side

Every English word from Middle English *sidth

Today it means

noun Depth or length, especially used of things hanging low, draping, or trailing

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sidth”. 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.

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