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Where does “איבערזעצן” come from?

איבערזעצן (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish זעצן, 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, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

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Ancestry of “איבערזעצן”, step by step

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

Words derived from “איבערזעצן”

  • איבערזעצער
  • איבערזעצונג
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