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Old English
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *sed- Old English sittan
From Proto-West Germanic *sittjan.
Cognates
Cognate with
Old Frisian sitta (
West Frisian sitte),
Old High German sizzen (
German sitzen),
Old Saxon sittian,
Dutch zitten,
Old Norse sitja (
Icelandic sitja,
Faroese sita,
Swedish sitta),
Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (sitan). The
Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of
Sanskrit सीदति (sīdati),
Old Armenian նիստ (nist,
“sitting”),
Old Irish saidid (
Irish suigh),
Ancient Greek ἕζομαι (hézomai),
Latin sedeō,
Old Church Slavonic сѣдѣти (sěděti) (
Russian сиде́ть (sidétʹ)).
Pronunciation
Verb
sittan
- to sit
10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 8:Þonne iċ būgendre stefne styrme, stille on wīcum sittað hnīgende.- When I shout with bending voice, the still men sit bowing in dwellings.
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