Where does “sess” come from?

sess (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *sess, from Proto-Germanic sessaz, from Proto-Indo-European sedtós, from Proto-Indo-European sed- — to sit.

sess (Old English): seat

Definitions

  1. seat

Ancestry of “sess”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*sess—
2Proto-Germanicsessazseat
3Proto-Indo-Europeansedtósseated
4Proto-Indo-Europeansed-to sit
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sed- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sedtós →Every word from Proto-Germanic sessaz →