setja
Icelandic
/ˈsɛːtja/, /ˈsɛːta/
verb-weak
Definitions
- (transitive) to put, to place something somewhere
- (ditransitive) to fix (something for somebody), to determine (something regarding somebody), to decide (something for somebody)
- (transitive) to formally open
- (ditransitive) (for someone) to suppose (something)
- (transitive) to typeset
- (impersonal) used in set phrases
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse setja inherited from Proto-Germanic *satjaną (set, put down).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*satjaną
Gloss
set, put down
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- zetten Dutch, Flemish
- *sed- Proto-Indo-European
- *sodéyeti Proto-Indo-European
- sette Norwegian Bokmål
- *druhtiz Proto-Germanic
- *satjaną Proto-Germanic
- setja Norwegian Nynorsk
- settan Old English
- setja Old Norse
- sætte Danish
- afsetja Icelandic
- afsetning Icelandic
- tala Icelandic
- tölusetja Icelandic
- gisezzida Old High German
- sezzen Old High German
- seta Faroese
- setzen Middle High German
- asetzen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- aussetzen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- besetzen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- bäisetzen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- duerchsetzen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- entsetzen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- erofsetzen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- eropsetzen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ersetzen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- festsetzen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- hanneschtsetzen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- iwwersetzen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ofsetzen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- opsetzen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- setzen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- versetzen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- zersetzen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- zerécksetzen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- zousetzen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ëmsetzen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *sattjan gmw-pro
- *setten Old Dutch
- setten Old Dutch
- settian Old Saxon
- sætia Old Swedish
- setta Old Frisian