*seþlą

Runic: ᛊᛖᚦᛚᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈseθ.lɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

seat

Etymology

(SS: probably from *séd-tlo- see Kroonen 2017) From pre-Germanic *sét-lom, probably continuing earlier *sét-ōl; compare *sadulaz, which seems to point to an earlier *sót-l̥, *s(o)t-né-. If this is correct, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *set- (‘to be stable’), cognate with Ancient Greek ἐτάζω (etázō) (etázō), Ancient Greek ἐτεός (eteós) (eteós). Despite the appealing semantics, this cannot represent *sed-tlom, as that would have given *seslą, just as *sed-tos gave *sessaz.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	seþlą	seþlō
Acc.	seþlą	seþlō
Gen.	seþlas, siþlis	seþlǫ̂
Dat.	seþlai	seþlamaz
Inst.	seþlō	seþlamiz
Voc.	seþlą	seþlō

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Descendants

*seþl (Proto-West Germanic)
- seþl (Old English)
*seþl (Proto-West Germanic)
- *sethal (Old Dutch)
  - sēdel (Middle Dutch)
    - zedel (Dutch)
    - zaedel (Limburgish)
*seþl (Proto-West Germanic)
- setl, seatl, seatul, sedl, seld, seotl, seotul, seþel, seðl, sitl, sotl, setel, sætl (Old English)
  - setle, selde (Middle English)
    - settle, seld (English)
*seþl (Proto-West Germanic)
- sedal (Old High German)
  - sedel (Middle High German)
*seþl (Proto-West Germanic)
- sethal (Old Saxon)
  - sēdel (Middle Low German)

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