Where does “*sattjan” come from?

*sattjan (Proto-Germanic) 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.

Ancestry of “*sattjan”, 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 “*sattjan”

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