Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sěděti

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *sēdḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-éh₁-ye-ti, from *sed- by Winter's law, or directly from the lengthened Narten root *sḗd-. Cognate with Latvian sēdēt, Lithuanian sėdėti.

*sědě̀ti impf^[1][2]

1. to sit, to be sitting

• *saditi (“to set, plant”)
• *sěsti (“to sit down”)
• *sědati
• *sědnǫti
• *sědlo (“seat”)

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: сѣдѣти (sěděti)
    • Belarusian: сядзе́ць (sjadzjécʹ)
    • Russian: сиде́ть (sidétʹ)
    • Ukrainian: сиді́ти (sydíty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: сѣдѣти (sěděti)

    Glagolitic script: ⱄⱑⰴⱑⱅⰻ (sěděti)

  • Bulgarian: седя́ (sedjá)
  • Macedonian: се́ди (sédi)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: сѐдети, сјѐдјети/сјѐдити

    Latin: sèdeti, sjèdjeti/sjèditi

  • Slovene: sedẹ́ti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: sěděti
    • Czech: sedět
  • Old Polish: siedzieć
    • Polish: siedzieć, siedzić (Near Masovian)
    • Silesian: siedzieć
  • Old Slovak: sedieť
    • Pannonian Rusyn: шедзиц (šedzic)
    • Slovak: sedieť
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: sedzec
    • Slovincian: sêdzec
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: sedźeć
    • Lower Sorbian: sejźeś