Where does “säter” come from?

säter (Swedish) comes from Proto-Germanic sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- — to sit.

säter (Swedish): mountain pasture

Definitions

  1. mountain pasture

Ancestry of “säter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsitjanąto sit
2Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-to sit

Words derived from “säter”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sitjaną →
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