Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/setlaz

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *setulaz, *sitilaz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sedlo-, from *sed- (“to sit”). Synchronically analyzed as an l-suffixed nominal formation from *sitjaną (“to sit”). Particularly close cognate with Old Irish séol (“seat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈset.lɑz/

Noun

*setlaz m

1. seat; chair; settle

   Synonyms: *sadulaz, *seþlą, *sessaz

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	*setlai	*setlamaz
instrumental	*setlō	*setlamiz

Synonyms

• *stōlaz

Related terms

• *sedlaz/*seþlaz
• *sitjaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *setl
  • Old English: setl, seotul, seatul
    • Middle English: seotel, setil, setel, setle, settle
      • Scots: sattle, settle
      • English: settle
  • Old Frisian: *setl
    • Saterland Frisian: Sittel (in compounds)
  • Old Saxon: setl
    • Middle Low German: setel, sētel, settel
  • Old Dutch: *setl, *setal
    • Middle Dutch: setel
      • Dutch: zetel
        • Afrikaans: setel
  • Old High German: sezzal
    • Middle High German: sëzzel
      • German: Sessel
        • → German Low German: Sessel
• Old Norse: sjǫtull
  • Icelandic: sjötul
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌻𐍃 (sitls)