Where does “šätä” come from?

šätä (Proto-Finnic) comes from Proto-Germanic sētō, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd-.

Ancestry of “šätä”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Proto-Germanic	sētō	place, position; lying in wait, ambush
2	Proto-Indo-European	sḗd-	—

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