sete – Norwegian Nynorsk noun declension

Norwegian Nynorsk noun forms of sete

Noun: sete
Gender: Neuter Hyphenation:

Indefinite

Sg.sete
Pl.sete; setar; seter

Definite

Sg.setet; seten; seta
Pl.seta; setane; setene

Sample Sentences

  • det syner seta etter henne i graset (you can see the imprint in the grass where she sat)

Nouns inflected like sete

sete,

Etymology

1. From different Old Norse terms. All of them are related to sitja (“to sit”), which is ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *sed- (“to sit”).
2. * (neuter): From Old Norse sæti, whence partly also English seat. From Proto-Germanic *sētiją.
3. * (masculine): From the Old Norse suffix -seti, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *setô.
4. * (feminine): From Old Norse seta. See: Old Norse Nouns 'sæti', English Nouns 'seat', Old Norse Nouns 'seta'.

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