Where does “zetten” come from?

zetten (German) comes from Proto-Germanic tadjaną, from Proto-Indo-European dāy- — to divide, split, section, part, separate; to...

zetten (German): scatter; spread out, arrange; scatter, strew; to...

Definitions

  1. scatter; spread out, arrange; scatter, strew; to...

Ancestry of “zetten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-GermanictadjanąTo strew, to scatter; To dung, to manure
2Proto-Indo-Europeandāy-to divide, split, section, part, separate; to...

Words derived from “zetten

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dāy-