Where does “sitch” come from?
sitch (English) comes from English situation, from Middle English situacioun, from Middle French situation, from Latin situatio, from Latin situō, from Latin situs, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
sitch (English): A brook; ditch; gutter; drain; ravine; Situation
Definitions
- A brook; ditch; gutter; drain; ravine; Situation
Ancestry of “sitch”, step by step
sitch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English situation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | situation | The combination of circumstances at a given... |
| 2 | Middle English | situacioun | Repositioning a broken bone |
| 3 | Middle French | situation | — |
| 4 | Latin | situatio | — |
| 5 | Latin | situō | to place, situate, locate |
| 6 | Latin | situs | permitted, allowed, suffered, having been... |
| 7 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via Middle English sich
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | sich | — |
| 2 | Old English | sīċ | a watercourse; sike |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | sik | himself, herself, itself, themselves, oneself |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sīką | trickling water; a dribble; a slow brook; a... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | seykʷ- | to moisten; to filter |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sey- | to be wet; dribble; run; to stretch one's arm;... |