Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sittjan

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sitjaną.

Verb

*sittjan

1. to sit

Inflection

Strong class 5 j-present
Infinitive	*sittjan
1st sg. past	*sat
3rd pl. past	*sātun
Past ptcple	*setan
Infinitive	*sittjan
Genitive infin.	*sittjannjas
Dative infin.	*sittjannjē
Instrum. infin.	*sittjannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*sittju	*sat
2nd singular	*sitiʀi	*sātī
3rd singular	*sitidi	*sat
1st plural	*sittjum	*sātum
2nd plural	*sitid	*sātud
3rd plural	*sittjand	*sātun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*sittjē	*sātī
2nd singular	*sittjēs	*sātī
3rd singular	*sittjē	*sātī
1st plural	*sittjēm	*sātīm
2nd plural	*sittjēþ	*sātīd
3rd plural	*sittjēn	*sātīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*siti
Plural	*sitid
	Present	Past
Participle	*sittjandī	*setan

Derived terms

• *abasittjan
• *anasittjan
• *bisittjan
• *gasittjan
• *forēsittjan
• *furisittjan
• *ubarsittjan
• *umbisittjan
• *undarsittjan
• *unþasittjan
• *uʀsittjan

Descendants

• Old English: sittan
  • Middle English: sitten, zitten, zitte (Kent)
    • English: sit
    • Scots: sit
    • Yola: zit
• Old Frisian: sitta
  • West Frisian: sitte
• Old Saxon: sittian
  • Low German: sitten
• Old Dutch: sitten
  • Middle Dutch: sitten
    • Dutch: zitten
      • Afrikaans: sit
• Old High German: sizzen, sitten
  • Middle High German: sitzen
    • Alemannic German:

      Swabian: sitza

    • Central Franconian: setze
    • Cimbrian: zètzan (suppletive; some conjugations)
    • German: sitzen
    • Luxembourgish: sëtzen
    • Yiddish: זיצן (zitsn)