Where does “sittinge” come from?

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

Ancestry of “sittinge”, step by step

sittinge traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English sittande

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishsittande
2Old Englishsittendesitting
3Proto-Germanicsitjandzsitting
4Proto-Germanicsitjanąto sit
5Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-to sit

via Middle English sittende

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishsittende

via Middle English sittinde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishsittinde

Words derived from “sittinge

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḗd-Every word from Proto-Germanic sitjanąEvery word from Proto-Germanic sitjandz