Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sattjan

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *satjaną.

Verb

*sattjan[1]

to set, to place

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*sattjan
1st sg. past	*sattā
Infinitive	*sattjan
Genitive infin.	*sattjannjas
Dative infin.	*sattjannjē
Instrum. infin.	*sattjannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*sattju	*sattā
2nd singular	*satisi	sattēs, sattōs
3rd singular	*satiþi	sattē, sattā
1st plural	*sattjum	*sattum
2nd plural	*satiþ	*sattud
3rd plural	*sattjanþ	*sattun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*sattjē	*sattī
2nd singular	*sattjēs	*sattī
3rd singular	*sattjē	*sattī
1st plural	*sattjēm	*sattīm
2nd plural	*sattjēþ	*sattīd
3rd plural	*sattjēn	*sattīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*sati
Plural	*satiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*sattjandī	*satt

Descendants

Old English: settan
- Middle English: setten, cetten, zetten, settan, settæn, sætten, seit, sette, sete
  - English: set
  - Scots: sett, set
Old Frisian: setta
- Saterland Frisian: sätte
- West Frisian: sette
Old Saxon: settian
- Middle Low German: setten
  - German Low German: setten
Old Dutch: setten
- Middle Dutch: setten
  - Dutch: zetten
    - Afrikaans: set
  - Limburgish: zètte
Old High German: sezzen
- Middle High German: setzen
  - Central Franconian: setze
  - Cimbrian: zètzan
  - German: setzen
  - Luxembourgish: setzen
  - Pennsylvania German: setze
  - Yiddish: זעצן‎ (zetsn)

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 51: “PWGmc *[satʲtʲan]”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 51: “PWGmc *[satʲtʲan]”