An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Sessel

by Friedrich Kluge

Sessel, masculine, ‘settle,’ from the equivalent Middle High German sëȥȥel, Old High German sëȥȥal, masculine; corresponding to Anglo-Saxon setl, English settle, Gothic sitls, masculine, ‘seat, stool.’ A derivative of the Teutonic root set, ‘to sit,’ like Latin sella, for *sedla from sêdeo; compare also Greek ἔδρα, from ἔζομαι, Old Slovenian sedlo, ‘saddle,’ from sĕsti, ‘to sit down’; compare siedeln.