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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *sitjaną.
Verb
*sittjan[1]
- to sit
Inflection
| Strong class 5 j-present
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| Infinitive
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*sittjan
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| 1st sg. past
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*sat
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| 3rd pl. past
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*sātun
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| Past ptcple
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*setan
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| Infinitive
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*sittjan
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| Genitive infin.
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*sittjannjas
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| Dative infin.
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*sittjannjē
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| Instrum. infin.
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*sittjannju
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| Indicative
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Present
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Past
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| 1st singular
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*sittju
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*sat
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| 2nd singular
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*sitiʀi
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*sātī
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| 3rd singular
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*sitidi
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*sat
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| 1st plural
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*sittjum
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*sātum
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| 2nd plural
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*sitid
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*sātud
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| 3rd plural
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*sittjand
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*sātun
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| Subjunctive
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Present
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Past
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| 1st singular
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*sittjē
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*sātī
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| 2nd singular
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*sittjēs
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*sātī
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| 3rd singular
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*sittjē
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*sātī
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| 1st plural
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*sittjēm
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*sātīm
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| 2nd plural
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*sittjēþ
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*sātīd
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| 3rd plural
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*sittjēn
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*sātīn
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| Imperative
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Present
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| Singular
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*siti
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| Plural
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*sitid
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|
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Present
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Past
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| Participle
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*sittjandī
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*setan
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 51: “PWGmc *[sitʲtʲan]”
