setja

Old Norse

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) to seat, set, place, put
  • (transitive) to drive
  • (transitive) to make, establish
  • (transitive) to order, prescribe
  • (transitive) to settle
  • (intransitive) to set off

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *satjaną (set, put down) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *sodéyeti, *sed- (sit).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*sed-

Gloss

sit

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Kanji

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