Etymology Explorer › Old High German

Where does “irsezzen” come from?

irsezzen (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic *uʀsattjan, from Proto-Germanic *sattjan, 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 “irsezzen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*uʀsattjan—
2Proto-Germanic*sattjan—
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

Words derived from “irsezzen”

  • ersetzen
  • ersättning
  • ersätta
  • ersetzen
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