English

sideburden

From side + burden.

A compound of side + burden

Proto-Germanic *sīdaz ‘drooping’

Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ ‘side’

Old English sīde ‘side’

Middle English side

English side

Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to carry, bear’

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Proto-West Germanic *burþī

Proto-West Germanic *burþini

Old English byrden

Middle English birthene ‘a child carried in the womb’

Today it means

noun The rock and subsoil that lies next to a mineral deposit such as a coal seam.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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