[ˈsae̯.ta], [ˈsɛː.ta]
OriginFrom Proto-Italic *saitā, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂it-o/eh₂-, *sh₂éyt-o/eh₂-, from *sh₂ey-, *seh₂i- (“to bind”). Compare Old High German seid (“cord”), Old Norse seior, Czech síť (“net”), Russian сеть (setʹ, “net, mesh”), Old Church Slavonic сѣть (sětĭ, “trap, snare, net”), Lithuanian sietas (“tie”), Old Prussian saytan (“belt, strap”), Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬈𐬙𐬎 (haetu, “dam”), and Sanskrit सेतु (sétu, “bridge, fetter, band”).
- declension-1, femininea bristle, (rough) hair on an animal
- Late-Latin, declension-1, femininesilk (the meaning of most descendants in modern languages)
Formssaetae(genitive) · saeta(nominative, singular) · saetae(nominative, plural) · saetae(genitive, singular) · saetārum(genitive, plural) · saetae(dative, singular) · saetīs(dative, plural) · saetam(accusative, singular) · saetās(accusative, plural) · saetā(ablative, singular) · saetīs(ablative, plural) · saeta(singular, vocative) · saetae(plural, vocative) · sēta(alternative)
Source: Wiktionary