saeter

Meaning

Noun

• A Scandinavian mountainside meadow used during the summer for grazing milking cows or goats.
• A barn, cabin, dairy, or farm located in such a meadow.
• A meadow, especially one used for grazing that is attached to a dwelling.

Origin

• Borrowed from:
• Norwegian Nynorsk sæter , seter, and Norwegian Bokmål seter, from Old Norse sætr, setr; and
• Swedish säter;
• all from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed-. The English word is a sit.