Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/saidaz

From Proto-Indo-European *soytós, from *seyt-.^[1] Compare also Etymology 2 below.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑj.ðɑz/

*saidaz m^[1]

1. (North Germanic) magic, charm

   Synonym: *taubrą

• *sidinjō
• *sīþaną

• Old Norse: seiðr
  • Icelandic: seiður
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: seid (learned)
  • → Swedish: sejd (learned)
  • → Danish: sejd (learned)
    • Norwegian Bokmål: seid
  • → Proto-Samic: *siejtē (see there for further descendants)

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 352

Either directly from Proto-Indo-European *soh₂itos ~ *sh₂oytos, cognate with Proto-Balto-Slavic *sáiˀtas m (“tie; net”) and Latin saeta f (“bristle, mane”), or reformed as an a-stem from *saidô (an-stem from the same root). Ultimately from the root *sh₂ey- (“to tie together, link”).

*saidaz m^[2]

2. Alternative form of *saidô (“band, cord; snare”)

• *saiþaz^[2]

• Proto-West Germanic: *said m
  • Old English: sāda
  • Old High German: seita m, seid, seit n
    • Middle High German: seite
      • German: Saite
• Old Norse: seiðr (“band”)