Where does “satsning” come from?
satsning (Swedish) comes from Swedish satsa, from Swedish sats, 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 — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
satsning (Swedish): effort, project, investment, deal
Definitions
- effort, project, investment, deal
Ancestry of “satsning”, step by step
satsning traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish satsa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | satsa | to go for (something that involves some effort or risk), to invest (time, money or some other resource into), to bet (on) |
| 2 | Swedish | sats | theorem, proposition; the preparing movements... |
| 3 | German | Satz | sentence; proposition, theorem; set |
| 4 | Middle High German | saz | — |
| 5 | Middle High German | setzen | to set, place down |
| 6 | Old High German | sezzen | to make sit, set, put |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *sattjan | to set, place |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | satjaną | to set, to place down |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sodéyeti | to set, to seat, to cause to sit |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
via Danish satse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | satse | to take a risk; to gamble; to bet on something |
| 2 | Danish | e | — |
via Swedish ning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | ning | — |