Where does “Kopfsatz” come from?

Kopfsatz (German) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

Kopfsatz (German): first movement

Definitions

  1. first movement

Ancestry of “Kopfsatz”, step by step

Kopfsatz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Satz

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

via German kopf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankopfhead
2Middle High Germankopfdrinking vessel
3Latincūppadrinking vessel
4Latincūpatub, cask, tun, vat
5Ancient Greekκώπηa handle
6Proto-Indo-Europeankóh₂p-eh₂
7Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -éyetiEvery word from Proto-Indo-European sodéyeti
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