Etymology Explorer › Danish

Where does “alsidig” come from?

alsidig (Danish) comes from German allseitig, from German Seite, from German -ig, from German -jährig, from German Jahr, from Middle High German jār, from Old High German jār, from Proto-West Germanic jār — year.

Ancestry of “alsidig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanallseitigall-around, all-sided
2GermanSeiteside; face, side, surface of any...
3German-ig-y; forms adjectives from nouns; forms adjectives...
4German-jährigyears old; years lasting
5GermanJahryear
6Middle High Germanjāryear
7Old High Germanjāryear
8Proto-West Germanicjāryear
9Proto-Germanicjērąyear; name of the J-rune
10Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₁r-year

Words derived from “alsidig”

  • allsidighet
  • allsidig
  • allsidig
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r- →