Etymograph

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Sadu

Sadu comes from Romanian Sadu, from Old Church Slavonic садъ ‘plantation’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sed-‘to sit’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sodéyeti‘to set, to seat, to cause to sit’reconstructedcausative of *sed-
  3. Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*sōdī́ˀtei‘to set, to plant’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*saditi‘to plant’reconstructed
  5. Proto-Slavic, derivedc. 400–900 CE*sadъ‘plant’reconstructed
  6. Old Church Slavonicmodernсадъ‘plantation’
  7. Romanianc. 1500–presentSadu
  8. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sed-‘to sit’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sodéyeti‘to set, to seat, to cause to sit’reconstructedcausative of *sed-
  3. Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*sōdī́ˀtei‘to set, to plant’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*saditi‘to plant’reconstructed
  5. Proto-Slavic, derivedc. 400–900 CE*sadъ‘plant’reconstructed
  6. Old Church Slavonicmodernсадъ‘plantation’
  7. Romanianc. 1500–presentSadu
  8. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’

president, size, sell, sit, sitting, seat, method, session, chair, resident, settle, assess, nest, possess, siege, niche, reside, subsidy, sedan, sediment, exodus, nye, residual, residue, insidious, sedentary, saddle, dissident, beset, cathode, soot, sedative, obsess, anode, sedate, chaise, presidio, prasad, sessile, presidium, 94 more

through Proto-Indo-European *sodéyeti ‘to set, to seat, to cause to sit’

set, setter, ersatz, 4 more

Today it means

name A commune and village in Sibiu County, Romania.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sed- / Sadu

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