Where does “Tayside” come from?
Tayside (English) comes from English Side, from Middle English side, from Old English sīde, from Proto-West Germanic *sīdā, from Medieval Latin sida, from Late Latin seta, from Latin saeta, from Proto-Italic saitā — to satiate, satisfy.
Tayside (English): A former local government region in East Scotland, formed in 1975 from the city of Dundee, Angus, Kinross-shire and Perthshire, and abolished in 1996, being succeeded by Angus, Dundee and Perth and Kinross council areas
Definitions
- A former local government region in East Scotland, formed in 1975 from the city of Dundee, Angus, Kinross-shire and Perthshire, and abolished in 1996, being succeeded by Angus, Dundee and Perth and Kinross council areas
Ancestry of “Tayside”, step by step
Tayside traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Side
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Side | A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape |
| 2 | Middle English | side | custom |
| 3 | Old English | sīde | side, flank |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *sīdā | side |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | sida | — |
| 6 | Late Latin | seta | Alternative form of saeta; hair, bristle; bristle |
| 7 | Latin | saeta | a bristle, hair on an animal; silk |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | saitā | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | séh₂ito- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sh₂ey- | to bind, fetter |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | seh₂- | to satiate, satisfy |
via English Tay
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Tay | originating on the slopes of Ben Lui and flowing eastwards through the city of Perth before becoming an estuary, the Firth of Tay |
| 2 | English | Taylor | A placename |
| 3 | English | tailor | A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes... |
| 4 | Middle English | taillour | tailor |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | taillour | tailor |
| 6 | Old French | taillier | to cut; to shape |
| 7 | Latin | taliō | punishment equal to the injury sustained; retaliation |
| 8 | Latin | tālis | such |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tód | demonstrative pronoun; that; it |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | to- | it; that; the, that |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |