Etymograph

English

setiger

Setiger comes from Latin saetiger ‘bristly, bristle-bearing, having coarse hair…’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *séh₂it-o/eh₂-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*séh₂it-o/eh₂-1reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*saitā1reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsaeta1‘bristle’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsaetiger2‘bristly, bristle-bearing, having coarse hair or bristles, setaceous’
  5. Englishtodaysetiger2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin saetiger
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English setiger

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*séh₂it-o/eh₂-Wiktionary, Latin saetigerreconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*saitāWiktionary, Latin saetigerreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsaetaWiktionary, Latin saetiger‘bristle’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsaetigerWiktionary, English setiger‘bristly, bristle-bearing, having coarse hair or bristles, setaceous’
  5. EnglishtodaysetigerWiktionary, English setiger

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *saitā

soy, 4 more

through Latin saeta ‘bristle’

seta, 4 more

Today it means

noun An annelid having setae; a chaetopod.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “setiger”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin saetiger. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *séh₂it-o/eh₂- / setiger

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