Where does “сѣсти” come from?

сѣсти (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic sěsti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sḗˀstei, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- — to sit.

сѣсти (Old Church Slavonic): to sit down

Definitions

  1. to sit down

Ancestry of “сѣсти”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicsěstito sit down
2Proto-Balto-Slavic*sḗˀsteito sit down
3Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-to sit
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sḗˀstei →Every word from Proto-Slavic sěsti →