Where does “försätta” come from?
försätta (Swedish) comes from Swedish för, from Swedish bud, from Swedish givare, from Swedish giva, from Old Swedish giva, from Old Norse gefa, from Proto-Germanic gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- — to give.
försätta (Swedish): to bring, to put (into a certain state, situation, mood, or the like)
Definitions
- to bring, to put (into a certain state, situation, mood, or the like)
Ancestry of “försätta”, step by step
försätta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish för
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | för | too; To an excessive degree; because; bow; the... |
| 2 | Swedish | bud | a message (also budskap) |
| 3 | Swedish | givare | a giver; a giver, a donor; a sensor |
| 4 | Swedish | giva | a portion of fodder; the amount of fodder given... |
| 5 | Old Swedish | giva | to give |
| 6 | Old Norse | gefa | to give something; to give someone something |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | gebaną | to give |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰebʰ- | to give |
via Swedish sätta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | sätta | to sit; to move oneself into a sitting position;... |
| 2 | Old Swedish | sætia | to set, to place; to let sit |
| 3 | Old Norse | setja | to seat, set, place, put; to drive; to make,... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | satjaną | to set, to place down |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sodéyeti | to set, to seat, to cause to sit |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |