Etymology

sidewise

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Today it means: sideways Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *wīsaz ← Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós ← English side
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*seh₁-
  2. Proto-Germanic*sīdaz
  3. Proto-Germanic*sīdǭ
  4. Old Englishsīde
  5. Middle Englishside
  6. Englishside
  7. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
  9. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-s-ós
  10. Proto-Germanic*wīsaz
  11. English todaysidewise

From side + -wise.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.