English
sith
Sith comes from Middle English sith ‘journey, movement, lifetime, period, occasion’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *sent- ‘to go, head’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sent-‘to go, head’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sinþaz‘journey, way, path’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*sinþ‘journey, way, path’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150sīþ‘journey, movement, trip, point in time, occasion’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500sith‘journey, movement, lifetime, period, occasion’
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1450same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sent-‘to go, head’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sinþaz‘journey, way, path’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*sinþ‘journey, way, path’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150sīþ‘journey, movement, trip, point in time, occasion’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500sith‘journey, movement, lifetime, period, occasion’
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1450same form
Earliest quotation: a. 1450, Secretum Secretorum in Ashmole:: “Of them the other philosophers have, by siths, taken…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sent- ‘to go, head’
sense, send, sentence, consent, consensus, sentiment, sensitive, sensor, sensation, scent, sensible, resent, sensual, sentient, assent, sensibility, sensuous, sentience, sensu, 34 more
through Old English sīþ ‘journey, movement, trip, point in time, occasion’
Today it means
noun A journey, way.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sent- / sith