English
sideform
Sideform may come from Norwegian sideform.
- Norwegianmodernsideformuncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1866same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Norwegianmodernsideformuncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1866same form
Earliest quotation: 1866, -7, Dialects: “The old þina, g. s. of þu, = of-thee,…”
The story
Apparent etymologies include a learned borrowing from Norwegian sideform, a calque of German Nebenform, and a compound of side + form.
Every English word from Norwegian sideform
Today it means
noun An alternative or variant form of a word or morpheme.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Norwegian sideform / sideform