Sæter
See also: sæter
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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 Sæter and seter.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈsæːtər/, /ˈseːtər/
Audio (file) Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ər
- Hyphenation: Sæ‧ter
- Homophones: Sæther, sæter, Seter, seter, Säter
Proper noun edit
Sæter
- a surname of Norwegian origin
Statistics edit
- According to SSB (Statistics Norway), there are 1 028 people with the last name Sæter in Norway.
Proper noun edit
Sæter
- Sæter (a place in Aukra municipality in Norway)
- Sæter (an area in the Nordstrand borough of Oslo in Norway)
- Sæter (a village in Tjeldsund municipality in Norway)
References edit
- “Sæter” in Store norske leksikon