Where does “sātter” come from?
sātter (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse sáttr, from Proto-Germanic sahtaz, from Proto-Indo-European seh₂g- — to seek out.
Ancestry of “sātter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | sáttr | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | sahtaz | having quarreled |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | seh₂g- | to seek out |