Where does “sitten” come from?

sitten (Middle English) comes from Old English sittan, from Proto-West Germanic *sittjan — to sit.

sitten (Middle English): to sit

Definitions

  1. to sit

Ancestry of “sitten”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sitten

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sittjan
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