setr

See also: šetř

Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sed-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *sodéyeti

Proto-Germanic *satjaną

Proto-West Germanic *sattjan

Old English settan

Middle English setten

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

Middle English settere

English setterbor.

Czech setr

Borrowed from English setter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛtr̩]
• Rhymes: -ɛtr̩

Noun

setr m anim

1. setter (a breed of gun dog / gundog)

   Synonyms: stavěč, stavěcí pes

Declension

Declension of setr (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	setr	setři
genitive	setra	setrů
dative	setrovi, setru	setrům
accusative	setra	setry
vocative	setře	setři
locative	setrovi, setru	setrech
instrumental	setrem	setry

Further reading

• “setr”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “setr”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “setr”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• sætr

Etymology 1

Related to sitja (“to sit”).

Noun

setr n

1. seat, residence
2. (of the Sun) setting
3. (in Norway) mountain pastures, dairy lands

Declension

Declension of setr (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	setr	setrit	setr	setrin
accusative	setr	setrit	setr	setrin
dative	setri	setrinu	setrum	setrunum
genitive	setrs	setrsins	setra	setranna

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: seter m or f
• Norwegian Nynorsk: seter f
• Old Swedish: sǣter
  • Swedish: säter
• Danish: sæter

Etymology 2

Verb

setr

1. second/third-person singular present indicative active of setja

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “setr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive