Etymology Explorer › Swedish

Where does “sats” come from?

sats (Swedish) comes from German Satz, from Middle High German saz, from Middle High German setzen, from Old High German sezzen, from Proto-West Germanic *sattjan, from Proto-Germanic satjaną, from Proto-Indo-European sodéyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

sats (Swedish): theorem, proposition; the preparing movements...

Definitions

  1. theorem, proposition; the preparing movements...

Ancestry of “sats”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSatzsentence; proposition, theorem; set
2Middle High Germansaz—
3Middle High Germansetzento set, place down
4Old High Germansezzento make sit, set, put
5Proto-West Germanic*sattjan—
6Proto-Germanicsatjanąto set, to place down
7Proto-Indo-Europeansodéyetito set, to seat, to cause to sit
8Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
9Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “sats”

  • satsata
  • satsi
  • satsa
  • insats
  • tillsats
  • räntesats
  • satsning
  • knappsats
  • motsats
  • motsatsförhållande
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