Where does “Untersattel” come from?

Untersattel (German) comes from German Sattel, 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- — to sit.

Untersattel (German): bridge of an acoustic guitar (support for strings on sounding board)

Definitions

  1. bridge of an acoustic guitar (support for strings on sounding board)

Ancestry of “Untersattel”, step by step

Untersattel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Sattel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSattelsaddle
2Middle High Germansatel—
3Old High Germansatal—
4Proto-West Germanicsadulsaddle
5Proto-Germanicsadulazsaddle
6Proto-Indo-Europeansod-tlō-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-to sit

via German Unter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanUnterjack, knave
2Middle High Germanunder—
3Old High Germanuntarunder
4Proto-Germanicunderamong, between; under, beneath; under
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁entérbetween
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁enin; in, inside
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sod-tlō- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sadulaz →