Where does “sat” come from?
sat (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish ساعت, from Persian ساعت, from Arabic سَاعَة, from Aramaic שָׁעְתָא.
sat (Serbo-Croatian): clock; watch; hour
Ancestry of “sat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | ساعت | hour; watch |
| 2 | Persian | ساعت | hour; watch |
| 3 | Arabic | سَاعَة | hour, clock |
| 4 | Aramaic | שָׁעְתָא | — |