Where does “sizzen” come from?

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

Ancestry of “sizzen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*sittjan—
2Proto-Germanicsitjanąto sit
3Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-to sit

Words derived from “sizzen”

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