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Where does “Sattel” come from?

Sattel (German) comes from Middle High German satel, from Old High German satal, from Proto-West Germanic sadul, from Proto-Germanic sadulaz, from Proto-Indo-European sod-tlō-, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd-.

Sattel (German): saddle

Definitions

  1. saddle

Ancestry of “Sattel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germansatel—
2Old High Germansatal—
3Proto-West Germanicsadulsaddle
4Proto-Germanicsadulazsaddle
5Proto-Indo-Europeansod-tlō-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-—

Words derived from “Sattel”

  • Sattelmacher
  • Sattelpunkt
  • aufsatteln
  • Sattler
  • absatteln
  • umsatteln
  • satteln
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