sir(a)

adverb. hither

Derivations

• ✶sidā̆ “hither” ✧ VT49/18

Element in

• Q. úsir “on the contrary” ✧ VT49/18
• Q. lasir “rather the reverse” ✧ VT49/18

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶sidā̆ > sira	[sidā] > [siðā] > [siða] > [sira]	✧ VT49/18

Variations

• sîmen ✧ PE22/147
• sir ✧ VT49/18
• sira ✧ VT49/18
• simen ✧ VT49/33

sir

hither

sir (2), also sira, adv. "hither" (primitive ¤sida, ¤sidā) (VT49:18)

simen

hither

simen adv. "hither" (VT49:33), símen "here" (FS; cf. sinomë in EO). Compare tamen.

simen

adverb. hither