English
saddle
Saddle comes from Middle English sadel ‘a saddle’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *sadulaz.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sadulazreconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*sadulreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150sadol
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500sadel‘a saddle’
- Englishearliest quotation 1545saddle
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sadulazreconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*sadulreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150sadol
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500sadel‘a saddle’
- Englishearliest quotation 1545saddle
Earliest quotation: 1545, Roger Ascham, Toxophilus: “[A] good horſeman, […] is ſkilfull to knovv, and…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’
set, president, size, sell, sit, sitting, seat, method, session, chair, resident, settle, assess, nest, possess, siege, niche, exodus, reside, subsidy, sedan, residue, residual, sediment, nye, insidious, sedentary, dissident, beset, cathode, soot, sedative, setter, obsess, anode, sedate, chaise, presidio, prasad, presidium, 96 more
Another origin of saddle
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sed-‘to sit’uncertain
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sadulazreconstructed
- Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sadulōną‘to saddle’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150sadolian‘to saddle’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500sadelen‘to put a saddle on (an animal), to saddle’
- Englishtodaysaddle
Today it means
noun A seat for a rider, typically made of leather and raised in the front and rear, placed on the back of a horse or other animal, and secured by a strap around the animal's body.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *sadulaz / saddle