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Where does “sats” come from?

sats (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

sats (Norwegian Nynorsk): a movement; the preparing movements done to be...

Definitions

  1. a movement; the preparing movements done to be...

Ancestry of “sats”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSatzsentence; proposition, theorem; set
2Middle High Germansaz—
3Middle High Germansetzento set, place down
4Old High Germansezzento make sit, set, put
5Proto-West Germanic*sattjan—
6Proto-Germanicsatjanąto set, to place down
7Proto-Indo-Europeansodéyetito set, to seat, to cause to sit
8Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
9Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “sats”

  • innsats
  • rentesats
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