Where does “פֿאַרזעצן” come from?
פֿאַרזעצן (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.
פֿאַרזעצן (Yiddish): to plant
Definitions
- to plant
Ancestry of “פֿאַרזעצן”, step by step
פֿאַרזעצן traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish זעצן
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | זעצן | to set; to seat; to sit down |
| 2 | Middle High German | setzen | to set, place down |
| 3 | Old High German | sezzen | to make sit, set, put |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *sattjan | to set, place |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | satjaną | to set, to place down |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sodéyeti | to set, to seat, to cause to sit |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
via Yiddish פֿאַר־
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | פֿאַר־ | Implies completeness of an action, the initiation... |
| 2 | Middle High German | ver- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | fra- | off, away; completely, fully, up |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |