Where does “sittin” come from?

sittin (Hausa) comes from Arabic ستون, from Arabic سِتّ — six.

sittin (Hausa): sixty

Definitions

  1. sixty

Ancestry of “sittin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicستونsixty; sixtieth
2Arabicسِتّsix
Every word from Arabic سِتّ →Every word from Arabic ستون →