Where does “sit” come from?
Sit comes from Old English sittan, from Proto-Germanic sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European sed-, meaning to sit or settle.
sit (English): To be in a position in which the upper body is...
Definitions
- To be in a position in which the upper body is...
Ancestry of “sit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | sitten | to sit |
| 2 | Old English | sittan | to sit |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *sittjan | — |