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Where does “sáttr” come from?
sáttr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic sahtaz, from Proto-Indo-European seh₂g- — to seek out.
Ancestry of “sáttr”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
sahtaz
having quarreled
2
Proto-Indo-European
seh₂g-
to seek out
Words derived from “sáttr”
sáttur
sātter
ósáttur
såt
môsasåt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₂g- →
Every word from Proto-Germanic sahtaz →