Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sētō

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɛː.tɔː/

Noun

*sētō f

place, position
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

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