Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sattjan

This Proto-West 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-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, settan, settæn, sætten, seit, sette, sete, zetten, zete (Kent)
    • English: set
    • Scots: sett, set
    • Yola: zet, 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: sit
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: sete
      • Negerhollands: set, sit
    • Limburgish: zètte
• Old High German: sezzen
  • Middle High German: setzen
    • Central Franconian: setze
    • Bavarian: setzn
    • Cimbrian: zètzan
    • German: setzen
    • Luxembourgish: setzen
    • Pennsylvania German: setze
    • Yiddish: זעצן (zetsn)