Where does “איבערזעצער” come from?

איבערזעצער (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish איבערזעצן, 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 — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

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Ancestry of “איבערזעצער”, step by step

איבערזעצער traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish איבערזעצן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishאיבערזעצןtranslate
2Yiddishזעצןto set; to seat; to sit down
3Middle High Germansetzento set, place down
4Old High Germansezzento make sit, set, put
5Proto-West Germanic*sattjanto set, place
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

via Yiddish ־ער

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddish־ער-er
2Middle High German-er
3Old Dutch-iro
4Proto-Bantuì-Class 5 noun prefix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -éyetiEvery word from Proto-Indo-European sodéyeti