Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo put (something) down, to rest. · To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place. · To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be. · To start (a fire).
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sed- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *sodéyeti Proto-Germanic *satjaną Proto-West Germanic *sattjan Old English settan Middle English setten English set From Middle English setten, from Old English settan, from Proto-West Germanic *sattjan, from Proto-Germanic *satjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sodéyeti, causative of *sed- (“to sit”). Cognate with Dutch zetten, German setzen, Danish sætte, Norwegian Bokmål sette, Icelandic and Norwegian Nynorsk setja, Swedish sätta, Faroese seta.
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- Inherited-form mentionsettenenm
- Inherited-form mentionsettanang
- Inherited-form mention*sattjangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*satjanągem-pro
- Inherited-form mention*sodéyetiine-pro
- Cognate mentionzettennl
- Cognate mentionsetzende
- Cognate mentionsætteda
- Cognate mentionsettenb
- Cognate mentionsättasv
- Cognate mentionsetafo
This page abbreviates 44 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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"To put (something) down, to rest.",
"To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.",
"To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.",
"To start (a fire)."
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