Where does “sæt” come from?
sæt (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic sātu, from Proto-Germanic sētō, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd-.
sæt (Old English): ambush
Ancestry of “sæt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | sātu | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | sētō | place, position; lying in wait, ambush |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | sḗd- | — |