sizzen

Old High German

Alternative forms

• sitten

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sittjan, Proto-Germanic *sitjaną. Cognate with Old Saxon sittian, Old Dutch sitten, Old English sittan, Old Norse sitja, Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (sitan).

Verb

sizzen

1. to sit
2. to stay, remain

Descendants

• Middle High German: sitzen
  • Alemannic German:

    Swabian: sitza

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