Proto-Mongolian: *seter
Meaning: bands tied to sacrificial animals
Russian meaning: ленты, привязываемые к жертвенным животным
Written Mongolian: seter (L 692)
Khalkha: seter
Buriat: heter
Kalmuck: setṛ 'heilig, geweiht; geweihtes Opfervieh'
Ordos: seter 'consecration d`une pièce de betail à une divinité'
Monguor: sder (SM 335)
Comments: KW 327. Lessing writes: "from Tib. seter", but we were unable to identify such a word. Sukhbataar 1997 derives the word from Tib. che thar 'eternity, immortality (?)', which seems rather far-fetched, both phonetically and semantically.
