Etymology Explorer › Middle Dutch

Where does “sidi” come from?

sidi (Middle Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch gī, from Old Dutch gī, from Proto-West Germanic jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic jīz, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs.

Ancestry of “sidi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchgī—
2Old Dutchgī—
3Proto-West Germanicjiʀyou
4Proto-GermanicjīzAlternative form of *jūz
5Proto-Indo-European*yúHs—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs →