Where does “sette” come from?

sette (Middle English) comes from Old English set, from Proto-West Germanic set, from Proto-Germanic setą, from Proto-Indo-European sed- — to sit.

sette (Middle English): that which is set, the act of setting, seat

Definitions

  1. that which is set, the act of setting, seat

Ancestry of “sette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsetseat
2Proto-West Germanicsetseat
3Proto-Germanicsetąseat
4Proto-Indo-Europeansed-to sit

Words derived from “sette”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sed- →Every word from Proto-Germanic setą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic set →