Where does “dasitzen” come from?

dasitzen (German) comes from German dā, from Middle High German dā, from Old High German dār, from Proto-Germanic þar, from Proto-Indo-European tar-, from Proto-Indo-European to-, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

dasitzen (German): to sit there

Definitions

  1. to sit there

Ancestry of “dasitzen”, step by step

dasitzen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German dā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germandāthere
2Middle High Germandā—
3Old High Germandārthere
4Proto-Germanicþarthere, in that place
5Proto-Indo-Europeantar-there
6Proto-Indo-Europeanto-it; that; the, that
7Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

via German sitzen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansitzento sit; to perch
2Middle High Germansitzento sit
3Old High Germansizzen—
4Proto-Germanic*sittjan—
5Proto-Germanicsitjanąto sit
6Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-to sit
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →