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Where does “*sittjan” come from?
*sittjan (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- — to sit.
Ancestry of “*sittjan”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
sitjaną
to sit
2
Proto-Indo-European
sḗd-
to sit
Words derived from “*sittjan”
Sitzfleisch
sitten
ali sazzo
sizzen
sazzo
sétte
sitten
Alsatia
sitzen
-ali
Alsatia
truhtsāzzo
bisitten
zitten
setze
sëtzen
זיצן
Alsácia
sitzen
Alsace
Alsace
Alsacia
Alsazia
Alsàcia
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