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Where does “sitzen” come from?

sitzen (German) comes from Middle High German sitzen, from Old High German sizzen, from Proto-Germanic *sittjan, from Proto-Germanic sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd-.

sitzen (German): to sit; to perch; to stay ; to remain; to be; to...

Definitions

  1. to sit; to perch; to stay ; to remain; to be; to...

Ancestry of “sitzen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germansitzento sit
2Old High Germansizzen—
3Proto-Germanic*sittjan—
4Proto-Germanicsitjanąto sit
5Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-—

Words derived from “sitzen”

  • Sitzfleisch
  • sitzen bleiben
  • Sitzriese
  • Sitzkrieg
  • Sitzwanne
  • Sitzgelegenheit
  • Sitzfleisch
  • sidiĝi
  • sidigi
  • kunsidi
  • kunsido
  • alsidiĝi
  • sidejo
  • eksidi
  • sidadi
  • sidloko
  • sidi
  • сицвана
  • sicflajš
  • сицфлајш
  • sicvana
  • sidilo
  • sidar
  • sideskar
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