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Norwegian
Etymology
A common name for a farm in Norway, from Old Norse setr (“seat, mountain pastures”), related to sitja (“to sit”), from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną (“to sit”), from Proto-Indo-European *sédyeti (“to be sitting”), from *sed- (“to sit”) + *-yeti (“creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.”). Doublet of Sæther and seter.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sæther
- a surname of Norwegian origin
- Kaare Sæther var en kjent norsk fiolinist fra Bærum
- Kaare Sæther was a famous Norwegian violinist from Bærum
Statistics
- According to SSB (Statistics Norway), there are 5 817 people with the last name Sæther in Norway.
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