Where does “заселиться” come from?

заселиться (Russian) comes from Russian засели́ть, from Russian сели́ть, from Russian село́, from Old East Slavic село, from Proto-Slavic selo, from Proto-Indo-European sēl- — to calm, quiet, be favourable.

заселиться (Russian): to settle, to take up one's residence

Definitions

  1. to settle, to take up one's residence

Ancestry of “заселиться”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianзасели́тьto occupy, to settle (in), to move (into), to populate
2Russianсели́тьto settle
3Russianсело́village
4Old East Slavicселоdwelling
5Proto-Slavicselovillage
6Proto-Indo-Europeansēl-to calm, quiet, be favourable
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sēl- →Every word from Proto-Slavic selo →Every word from Old East Slavic село →