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- — to sit.

sitzen (German): to sit; to perch

Definitions

  1. to sit; to perch

Ancestry of “sitzen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sitzen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- →