Where does “восседать” come from?
восседать (Russian) comes from Russian воссе́сть, from Russian сесть, from Old East Slavic сѣсти, from Proto-Slavic sěsti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sḗˀstei, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd-.
восседать (Russian): to sit
Ancestry of “восседать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | воссе́сть | — |
| 2 | Russian | сесть | to sit down; to be imprisoned; to become flat, to... |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | сѣсти | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | sěsti | to sit down |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *sḗˀstei | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sḗd- | — |