An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/setzen

by Friedrich Kluge

setzen, vb., ‘to set, put, place,’ from MidHG. sętzen, OHG. sęzzen, ‘to set, cause to sit’; an OTeut. factitive of sitzen. Comp. Goth. saljan (whence Ital. sagire, Fr. saisir), AS. sęttan, E. to set, Du. zetten, OSax. sęttian, OIc. setja, ‘to set.’