Proto-West Germanic

*sattjan

‘to set, place’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-West Germanic *sattjan.

7 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *sattjan, most familiar first.

• set ← setten ← settan
• setter ← settere ← setten ← settan
• ersatz ← ersetzen ← ersetzen ← irsezzen ← *uʀsattjan
• forset ← forsetten ← forsettan ← settan
• foreset ← foresetten ← fōresettan ← settan
• setten ← settan
• withset ← withsetten ← wiþsettan ← settan

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *sattjan