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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sattjan
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *satjaną.
Verb
*sattjan[1]
- to set, to place
Inflection
Class 1 weak | ||
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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
- Middle English: setten, cetten, zetten, settan, settæn, sætten, seit, sette, sete
- Old Frisian: setta
- Saterland Frisian: sätte
- West Frisian: sette
- Old Saxon: settian
- Middle Low German: setten
- German Low German: setten
- Middle Low German: setten
- Old Dutch: setten
- Middle Dutch: setten
- Dutch: zetten
- Afrikaans: set
- Limburgish: zètte
- Dutch: zetten
- Middle Dutch: setten
- Old High German: sezzen
- Middle High German: setzen
- Central Franconian: setze
- Cimbrian: zètzan
- German: setzen
- Luxembourgish: setzen
- Pennsylvania German: setze
- Yiddish: זעצן (zetsn)
- Middle High German: setzen
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]”