Where does “sad” come from?

sad (Middle English) comes from Old English sæd, from Proto-West Germanic *sād, from Proto-Germanic sēdiz, from Proto-Indo-European seh₁- — to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...

sad (Middle English): sated, weary having had enough

Definitions

  1. sated, weary having had enough

Ancestry of “sad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsædfull, sated; weary; seed
2Proto-West Germanic*sād—
3Proto-Germanicsēdizseed
4Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₁-to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...

Words derived from “sad”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sēdiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sād →