saught

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*seh₂g-“to seek, trace”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*sahtiz“reproach, agreement, reconciliation”
3. Old English · inherited fromsaht
4. Middle English · inherited fromsaughte
5. English todaysaught

From Middle English saughte, seihte, from Old English saht, seaht, seht (“settlement, arrangement, agreement, terms arranged between two parties by an umpire, a peace between two powers, friendship, peace”), from Proto-Germanic *sahtiz (“reproach, agreement, reconciliation”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to seek, trace”). Cognate with Old Norse sátt, sætt (“covenant, agreement, settlement, reconciliation”).

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