Where does “Steuersatz” come from?

Steuersatz (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.

Steuersatz (German): tax rate; headset

Definitions

  1. tax rate; headset

Ancestry of “Steuersatz”, step by step

Steuersatz 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 Steuer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSteuertax
2Middle High Germanstiur
3Middle Low Germanstǖr
4Proto-Germanicstiuriją
5Proto-Germanicstiurijanąto direct, steer
6Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
7Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
9Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti