sätta

Swedish

verb-irr

Definitions

(reflexive) to sit; to move oneself into a sitting position
to put or place; to make to stick or adhere to
to set; to put something (in particular, something immovable)
to set or adjust; to choose a setting
to set; to assign work to
to set; to arrange; to prepare a text for printing
to plant certain plants, such as potatoes or onions

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish sætia 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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