Dictionary adverb *sēi- Seite einerseits

einerseits

Meanings

1.
on the one hand
Opposite (closest): andererseits

Word Family

Root: *sēi-

The core idea of this root was

sowing, throwing down, letting down

It’s the origin of words like semen, to sow, seminal and season and at least according to the German DWDS.de and Wiktionary, it’s also the origin of side and since.
Etymonline.com mentions a separate root for side and since, with a core notion of long, but German DWDS.de mentions that as a subbranch of the root mentioned here, so I decided to stick with that.

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Mukesh
Mukesh
1 year ago

Schreiben Sie bitte über alle zweiteilige konnektoren ….ich habe zwar entweder oder, zwar aber, weder noch, gelesen , aber ich kann nicht andere finden, und zwar sowohl als auch, einerseits anderseits, ja desto, nicht nur sondern auch,



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