Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/setlaz

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/setlaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Alternative forms

• *setulaz, *sitilaz

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈset.lɑz/

Noun

*setlaz m

1. seat; chair; settle

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *setlaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*setlaz	*setlōz, *setlōs
vocative	*setl	*setlōz, *setlōs
accusative	*setlą	*setlanz
genitive	*setlas, *sitlis	*setlǫ̂
dative	*sitlai	*setlamaz
instrumental	*setlō	*setlamiz

Synonyms

• *stōlaz

Related terms

• *sedlaz
• *sitjaną

Descendants

• Old English: setl, seotul, seatul
  • Middle English: seotel, setil, setel, setle, settle
    • Scots: sattle, settle
    • English: settle
• Old Saxon: setl
  • Middle Low German: setel
• Old Dutch: *setl, *setal
  • Middle Dutch: setel
    • Dutch: zetel
• Old High German: sezzal
  • Middle High German: sëzzel
    • German: Sessel
      • German Low German: Sessel
• Old Norse: sjǫtull
  • Icelandic: sjötul
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌻𐍃 (sitls)