Etymology Explorer › Old High German

Where does “bisezzen” come from?

bisezzen (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic *bisattjan, from Proto-Germanic bisatjaną, from Proto-Germanic satjaną, from Proto-Indo-European sodéyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

Ancestry of “bisezzen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*bisattjan—
2Proto-Germanicbisatjanąto occupy, fill
3Proto-Germanicsatjanąto set, to place down
4Proto-Indo-Europeansodéyetito set, to seat, to cause to sit
5Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
6Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
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