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Where does “seten” come from?

seten (Old English) comes from Old English sittan, from Proto-West Germanic *sittjan.

seten (Old English): a set, shoot, slip, branch; a nursery,...

Definitions

  1. a set, shoot, slip, branch; a nursery,...

Ancestry of “seten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsittanto sit
2Proto-West Germanic*sittjan—

Words derived from “seten”

  • sitten
  • siten
  • seten
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