Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sētō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛː.tɔː/

Noun

*sētō f

1. place, position
2. lying in wait, ambush

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *sētō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*sētō	*sētôz
vocative	*sētō	*sētôz
accusative	*sētǭ	*sētōz
genitive	*sētōz	*sētǫ̂
dative	*sētōi	*sētōmaz
instrumental	*sētō	*sētōmiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *sātu
  • Old English: sǣt
  • Old Saxon: *sāta
    • Middle Low German: sâte, sât
  • >? Old High German: sāza
    • Middle High German: sāze
      • German: Saße
• Old Norse: sát
  • ⇒ Old Norse: forsát
    • Icelandic: fyrirsát
    • Swedish: försåt
• → Proto-Finnic: *hätä (see there for further descendants)