sæta

Icelandic

/ˈsaiːta/

noun

Definitions

(poetic) woman, girl
a woman who awaits her husband’s return from a voyage.
(in compounds) ; sitter.

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse sæta (waylay, woman who awaits her husbands return, dung heap) inherited from Proto-Germanic *sētijǭ.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*sētijǭ

Gloss

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

ἴσος Ancient Greek
*sed- Proto-Indo-European
*sētijaną Proto-Germanic
*sētijǭ Proto-Germanic
sæta Norwegian Nynorsk
sæta Old Norse
fyrir Icelandic
fyrirsæta Icelandic
heim Icelandic
heimasæta Icelandic
samsæta Icelandic
samur Icelandic