Where does “Gesäßbacke” come from?
Gesäßbacke (German) comes from German Gesäß, from Middle High German gesetze, from Old High German gisezzida, from Old High German sezzen, from Proto-West Germanic *sattjan, from Proto-Germanic satjaną, from Proto-Indo-European sodéyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
Gesäßbacke (German): buttcheek
Ancestry of “Gesäßbacke”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Gesäß | backside, buttocks |
| 2 | Middle High German | gesetze | — |
| 3 | Old High German | gisezzida | fixing, determination, assessment; establishment,... |
| 4 | Old High German | sezzen | to make sit, set, put |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *sattjan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | satjaną | to set, to place down |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sodéyeti | to set, to seat, to cause to sit |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |