Etymology

shide

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Today it means: A piece of wood (a thin board or plank, or a strip of wood split off); a measure of firewood, variously defined as e.g. four feet long and between 16 and 38 inches in circumference. Full definition →

Middle English schyd ← Old English sċīd ← Proto-West Germanic *skīd
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shide · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*skeyt-
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*skīdą“log, plank, tile”
  3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*skīd
  4. Old English · inherited fromsċīd“thin slip of wood, shingle, billet”
  5. Middle English · inherited fromschyd
  6. English todayshide

From Middle English schyd, schide, schyde (“plank, board, beam, splinter, chip”), from Old English sċīd (“thin slip of wood, shingle, billet”), from Proto-West Germanic *skīd, from Proto-Germanic *skīdą (“log, plank, tile”), from Proto-Indo-European *skeyt-, *skey- (“to cut; divide; separate; split”). Cognate with North Frisian skeid (“billet of wood”), German Scheit (“log, piece of wood”), Swedish skid (“wooden shoe, sole, skate”), Icelandic skíð (“a billet of wood”). Doublet of ski.

Shide · proper noun2

  1. Old English · derived fromscēad“boundary, division”
  2. English todayShide

From Old English scēad (“boundary, division”), referring to the stream that ran through it.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*skīdą all →

skiskid

Old Englishscēad all →

Shadwell

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