*setlaz

Runic: ᛊᛖᛏᛚᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈset.lɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

seat; chair; settle

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’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.setlazsetlōz, setlōs
Acc.setląsetlanz
Gen.setlas, sitlissetlǫ̂
Dat.setlaisetlamaz
Inst.setlōsetlamiz
Voc.setlsetlōz, setlōs

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Descendants

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

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