Etymology
1. O.E.
settan "cause to sit, put in some place, fix firmly," from P.Gmc.
*satjanan (cf. O.N.
setja, O.Fris.
setta, Du.
zetten, Ger.
setzen), causative form of P.Gmc. root
*set- (cf. O.E.
sittan "to sit," see sit). Confused with
sit since early 14c. Of the sun, moon, etc., "to go down," recorded from c.1300.
Set-to "bout, fight" is 1743, originally pugilistic slang.
Setup "arrangement" is from 1890.
Setback (n.) is from 1674; to
set (someone) back "cost" is from 1900.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *sed-
4. Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
5. Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
6. Proto-Indo-European *sodéyeti
7. Proto-Germanic *satjaną
8. Proto-West Germanic *sattjan
9. Old English settan
10. Middle English setten
11. English set
12. From Middle English setten, from Old English settan, from Proto-West Germanic *sattjan, from Proto-Germanic *satjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sodéyeti, causative of *sed- (“to sit”).
13. Cognate with Dutch zetten, German setzen, Danish sætte, Norwegian Bokmål sette, Icelandic and Norwegian Nynorsk setja, Swedish sätta, Faroese seta. See: Middle English '
setten', Old English '
settan', Proto-Germanic '
*satjaną', Proto-Indo-European '
*sodéyeti', Dutch '
zetten', German, old spelling '
setzen', Danish '
sætte', Norwegian '
sette', Swedish '
sätta', Faroese '
seta'.
Verbs referencing "set"
Indonesian
set, Norwegian
sette, Romanian
seta, German, old spelling
setzen, Luxembourgish
setzen, German, Pennsylvania
setze, Italian
settare, Swedish
sätta, Danish
sætte, Spanish
setear, Tagalog
iset.