besettan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to set near, surround, beset; set about
- to put one thing in another
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *bisatjaną (set around, beset, set near) prefix from Old English settan (set).
Origin
Old English
settan
Gloss
set
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
- beset English
- besetten English
- besetzen German
- *sed- Proto-Indo-European
- *bisatjaną Proto-Germanic
- *satjaną Proto-Germanic
- besätta Swedish
- asettan Old English
- beseten Old English
- foresettan Old English
- forsettan Old English
- gesettan Old English
- ofersettan Old English
- settan Old English
- wiþsettan Old English
- ymbsettan Old English
- besetten Middle English
- setten Middle English
- bisezzen Old High German
- 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *bisetten Old Dutch
- besetten Middle Low German