Where does “seten” come from?
seten (Middle English) comes from Old English seten, from Old English sittan, from Proto-West Germanic *sittjan — to sit.
Ancestry of “seten”, step by step
seten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old English seten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | seten | a set, shoot, slip, branch; a nursery,... |
| 2 | Old English | sittan | to sit |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *sittjan | to sit |
via Old English ġeseten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | ġeseten | — |