sated with food → sad 1 realization Unique
NEW Realization 1
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Old English
language 2 English
lexeme 1 sæd
lexeme 2 sad
meaning 1 sated, full, having had one's fill (of food, drink, fighting, etc.), weary of,
direction →
meaning 2 sad
reference Harper's Etymonline
comment

from Proto-Germanic *sathaz (source also of Old Norse saðr, Middle Dutch sat, Dutch zad, Old High German sat, German satt, Gothic saþs "satiated, sated, full"), from PIE *seto-, from root *sa- "to satisfy."  (https://www.etymonline.com/word/sad )

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