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Where does “sasse” come from?

sasse (English) comes from Dutch sas, 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.

sasse (English): A sluice or lock, as in a river, to make it more...

Definitions

  1. A sluice or lock, as in a river, to make it more...

Ancestry of “sasse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchsasgood spirit; sluice; an explosive or highly...
2GermanSatzsentence; proposition, theorem; set
3Middle High Germansaz—
4Middle High Germansetzento set, place down
5Old High Germansezzento make sit, set, put
6Proto-West Germanic*sattjan—
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
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