Where does “sittynge” come from?

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

sittynge (Middle English): sitting

Definitions

  1. sitting

Ancestry of “sittynge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishsittento sit
2Old Englishsittanto sit
3Proto-West Germanic*sittjanto sit
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sittjan →Every word from Old English sittan →Every word from Middle English sitten →