Where does “bisætning” come from?

bisætning (Danish) comes from German Nebensatz, from German Satz, from Middle High German saz, from Middle High German setzen, from Old High German sezzen, from Proto-West Germanic *sattjan, from Proto-Germanic satjaną, from Proto-Indo-European sodéyeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

bisætning (Danish): subordinate clause; unimportant utterance

Definitions

  1. subordinate clause; unimportant utterance

Ancestry of “bisætning”, step by step

bisætning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Nebensatz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanNebensatzsubordinate clause
2GermanSatzsentence; proposition, theorem; set
3Middle High Germansaz—
4Middle High Germansetzento set, place down
5Old High Germansezzento make sit, set, put
6Proto-West Germanic*sattjanto set, place
7Proto-Germanicsatjanąto set, to place down
8Proto-Indo-Europeansodéyetito set, to seat, to cause to sit
9Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
10Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

via Danish sætning

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishsætningsentence; clause; set
2Danish-ningAlternative form of -ing; -ing; action of
3Old Norse-ning—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sodéyeti →