gesettan

Old English

verb

Definitions

to confirm, restore, appoint, decree, settle
to set, put, fix, determine the position in a series of objects
to possess, occupy
to compose, set together, constitute
to situate, found (a building or town)
to post, station

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *gasatjaną prefix from Old English settan (set).

Origin

Old English

settan

Gloss

set

Concept

Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji

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Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*sed- Proto-Indo-European
*gasatjaną Proto-Germanic
*satjaną Proto-Germanic
asettan Old English
besettan Old English
foresettan Old English
forsettan Old English
ofersettan Old English
settan Old English
wiþsettan Old English
ymbsettan Old English
setten Middle English
𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 Gothic
𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic