FromProto-West Germanic*sittjan.
Cognate withOld Frisiansitta (West Frisiansitte),Old High Germansizzen (Germansitzen),Old Saxonsittian,Dutchzitten,Old Norsesitja (Icelandicsitja,Faroesesita,Swedishsitta),Gothic𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽(sitan). TheProto-Indo-European root is also the source ofSanskritसीदति(sīdati),Old Armenianնիստ(nist,“sitting”),Old Irishsaidid (Irishsuigh),Ancient Greekἕζομαι(hézomai),Latinsedeō,Old Church Slavonicсѣдѣти(sěděti) (Russianсиде́ть(sidétʹ)).
sittan
infinitive | sittan | sittenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | sitte | sæt |
second person singular | sitst | sǣte |
third person singular | sitt,sit | sæt |
plural | sittaþ | sǣton |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | sitte | sǣte |
plural | sitten | sǣten |
imperative | ||
singular | site | |
plural | sittaþ | |
participle | present | past |
sittende | (ġe)seten |