Where does “Lehrsatz” come from?

Lehrsatz (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.

Lehrsatz (German): lemma, theorem, law

Definitions

  1. lemma, theorem, law

Ancestry of “Lehrsatz”, step by step

Lehrsatz 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 lehren

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanlehrento teach a class, a subject; to be a teacher; to...
2Middle High Germanlēren
3Old High Germanlērento teach
4Proto-West Germaniclaiʀijanto teach
5Proto-Germaniclaizijanąto teach
6Proto-Indo-Europeanloyséyeti
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleysto trace; to track
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti