Where does “sitzen” come from?

sitzen (Middle High German) comes from Old High German sizzen, from Proto-Germanic *sittjan, from Proto-Germanic sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- — to sit.

sitzen (Middle High German): to sit

Definitions

  1. to sit

Ancestry of “sitzen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germansizzen—
2Proto-Germanic*sittjan—
3Proto-Germanicsitjanąto sit
4Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-to sit

Words derived from “sitzen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sitjaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic *sittjan →