Where does “sitten” come from?

sitten (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- — to sit.

Ancestry of “sitten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsitjanąto sit
2Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-to sit
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sitjaną →
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