Where does “sitten” come from?
sitten (Middle English) comes from Old English sittan, from Proto-West Germanic *sittjan.
sitten (Middle English): to sit
Ancestry of “sitten”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | sittan | to sit |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *sittjan | — |
Words derived from “sitten”