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

set traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic set

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

via Proto-Germanic sētiją

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsētijąseat
2Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-to sit

Words derived from “set”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sed- →Every word from Proto-Germanic setą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic set →