Where does “sæta” come from?

sæta (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic sētijǭ, from Proto-Germanic sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- — to sit.

sæta (Old Norse): to sit in ambush for; waylay; to undergo, expose...

Definitions

  1. to sit in ambush for; waylay; to undergo, expose...

Ancestry of “sæta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsētijǭ—
2Proto-Germanicsitjanąto sit
3Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-to sit

Words derived from “sæta”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sitjaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic sētijǭ →