Where does “verzetten” come from?

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

verzetten (Middle High German): to scatter, disperse

Definitions

  1. to scatter, disperse

Ancestry of “verzetten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanzettento straw, fertilise
2Proto-GermanictadjanąTo strew, to scatter; To dung, to manure
3Proto-Indo-Europeandāy-to divide, split, section, part, separate; to...

Words derived from “verzetten”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dāy- →Every word from Proto-Germanic tadjaną →Every word from Old High German zetten →