Where does “sitten” come from?

sitten (Low German) comes from Old Saxon sittian, from Proto-West Germanic *sittjan — to sit.

sitten (Low German): to sit

Definitions

  1. to sit

Ancestry of “sitten”, step by step

sitten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Saxon sittian

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonsittianto sit
2Proto-West Germanic*sittjanto sit

via Middle Low German sitten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germansitten—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sittjan →Every word from Old Saxon sittian →