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Where does “sittande” come from?

sittande (Middle English) comes from Old English sittende, from Proto-Germanic sitjandz, from Proto-Germanic sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd-.

Ancestry of “sittande”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsittendesitting
2Proto-Germanicsitjandzsitting
3Proto-Germanicsitjanąto sit
4Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-—

Words derived from “sittande”

  • sitting
  • downsitting
  • upsitting
  • unsitting
  • oversitting
  • sittingly
  • homesitting
  • facesitting
  • sitting duck
  • sittinge
  • sittynge
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- →