Where does “seter” come from?

seter (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse sætr, from Proto-Germanic sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- — to sit.

seter (Norwegian Bokmål): indefinite plural of sete

Definitions

  1. indefinite plural of sete

Ancestry of “seter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesætra mountain pasture
2Proto-Germanicsitjanąto sit
3Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-to sit

Words derived from “seter”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sitjaną →Every word from Old Norse sætr →
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