Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/seþlą

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From pre-Germanic *sét-lom, probably continuing earlier *sét-ōl; compare *sadulaz, which seems to point to an earlier *sót-l̥, *s(o)t-né-^?. If this is correct, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *set- (“to be stable”), cognate with Ancient Greek ἐτάζω (etázō), Ancient Greek ἐτεός (eteós). Despite the appealing semantics, this cannot represent *sed-tlom, as that would have given *seslą, just as *sed-tos gave *sessaz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈseθ.lɑ̃/

*seþlą n

1. seat

   Synonyms: *sessaz, *setlaz

• *sadulaz

• Proto-West Germanic: *seþl
  • Old English: seþl
  • >? Old English: setl, seatl, seatul, sedl, seld, seotl, seotul, seþel, seðl, sitl, sotl, setel, sætl
    • Middle English: setle, selde (with metathesis)
      • English: settle, seld (with metathesis)
  • Old Saxon: sethal
    • Middle Low German: sēdel
  • Old Dutch: *sethal
    • Middle Dutch: sēdel
      • Dutch: zedel
      • Limburgish: zaedel
  • Old High German: sedal
    • Middle High German: sedel