Where does “saeter” come from?
saeter (English) comes from Norwegian Bokmål seter, from Old Norse sætr, from Proto-Germanic sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd-.
saeter (English): A shieling; A Scandinavian mountainside meadow...
Definitions
- A shieling; A Scandinavian mountainside meadow...
Ancestry of “saeter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | seter | indefinite plural of sete |
| 2 | Old Norse | sætr | a mountain pasture |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | sitjaną | to sit |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sḗd- | — |