settle

Meanings

To conclude or resolve (something):
To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).
To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated.
To establish or become established in a steady position:
To move (people) to (a land or territory), so as to colonize it; to cause (people) to take residence in (a place).
To sink, or cause (something, or impurities within it) to sink down, especially so as to become clear or compact.
To make a jointure for a spouse.
Of an animal: to make or become pregnant.

A seat of any kind.
A long bench with a high back and arms, often with chest or storage space underneath.
A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part.

From a merger of two verbs:
Middle English setlen, from Old English setlan, from Old English setl ("seat") (compare Dutch zetelen ("to be established, settle")) and
Middle English sahtlen, seihtlen, from Old English sahtlian, ġesehtlian, from Old English saht, seht (see saught, -le).
siedeln is related to the former of the two verbs, but is not an immediate cognate of either of them.
From Middle English settle, setle, setel, setil, seotel, from Old English setl, from Proto-Germanic *setlaz, representing Proto-Indo-European *sed-lo-, from *sed-. Cognate with Dutch zetel, German Sessel, Latin sella.

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