Where does “setja” come from?

setja (Old Norse) comes 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.

setja (Old Norse): to seat, set, place, put; to drive; to make,...

Definitions

  1. to seat, set, place, put; to drive; to make,...

Ancestry of “setja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsatjanąto set, to place down
2Proto-Indo-Europeansodéyetito set, to seat, to cause to sit
3Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
4Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “setja”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sodéyeti →