Etymology Explorer › Old English

Where does “set” come from?

set (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic set, from Proto-Germanic setą, from Proto-Indo-European sed- — to sit.

set (Old English): seat

Definitions

  1. seat

Ancestry of “set”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicsetseat
2Proto-Germanicsetąseat
3Proto-Indo-Europeansed-to sit

Words derived from “set”

  • sette
  • gainset
  • set
  • geset
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sed- →