Where does “rentesats” come from?
rentesats (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål sats, from German Satz, from Middle High German saz, from Middle High German setzen, from Old High German sezzen, from Proto-West Germanic *sattjan, from Proto-Germanic satjaną, from Proto-Indo-European sodéyeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
rentesats (Norwegian Bokmål): interest rate
Ancestry of “rentesats”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | sats | a movement |
| 2 | German | Satz | sentence; proposition, theorem; set |
| 3 | Middle High German | saz | — |
| 4 | Middle High German | setzen | to set, place down |
| 5 | Old High German | sezzen | to make sit, set, put |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *sattjan | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | satjaną | to set, to place down |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sodéyeti | to set, to seat, to cause to sit |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |