Where does “gesittan” come from?

gesittan (Old English) comes from Old English ġē, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

gesittan (Old English): to take a seat, come to rest, sit down, recline;...

Definitions

  1. to take a seat, come to rest, sit down, recline;...

Ancestry of “gesittan”, step by step

gesittan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English ġē

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġēye
2Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
3Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
4Proto-Germanic-hwe—
5Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Old English sittan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsittanto sit
2Proto-West Germanic*sittjanto sit
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →
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