An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Sessel

by Friedrich Kluge

Sessel, m., ‘settle,’ from the equiv. MidHG. sëȥȥel, OHG. sëȥȥal, m.; corresponding to AS. setl, E. settle, Goth. sitls, m., ‘seat, stool.’ A derivative of the Teut. root set, ‘to sit,’ like Lat. sella, for *sedla from sêdeo; comp. also Gr. ἔδρα, from ἔζομαι, OSlov. sedlo, ‘saddle,’ from sĕsti, ‘to sit down’; comp. siedeln.