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Where does “*sād” come from?

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

Ancestry of “*sād”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsēdizseed
2Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₁-to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...
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