Where does “sad” come from?

sad (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic *sād, from Proto-Germanic sēdiz, from Proto-Indo-European seh₁- — to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...

sad (Old Saxon): full, sated, satiated; weary

Definitions

  1. full, sated, satiated; weary

Ancestry of “sad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*sād
2Proto-Germanicsēdizseed
3Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₁-to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...

Words derived from “sad

Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₁-Every word from Proto-Germanic sēdizEvery word from Proto-West Germanic *sād
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