Etymology

streamside

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Today it means: Located near or bordering a stream. Full definition →

English side ← Middle English side ← Old English sīde
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ser-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*srew-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*srow-mo-s
  4. Proto-Germanic*straumaz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*straum
  6. Old Englishstrēam
  7. Middle Englishstrem
  8. Englishstream
  9. Proto-Indo-European*seh₁-
  10. Proto-Germanic*sīdaz
  11. Proto-Germanic*sīdǭ
  12. Old Englishsīde
  13. Middle Englishside
  14. Englishside
  15. English todaystreamside

From stream + -side.

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