*sitjaną

Runic: ᛊᛁᛏᛃᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈsit.jɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Weak class 1

Meanings

to sit

From Proto-Indo-European *sédyeti, from the root *sed- (‘to sit’). Formal cognate with Ancient Greek ἕζομαι (hézomai) (hézomai).

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	sitjō	sitjaų	–
2nd singular	sitisi	sitjais	siti
3rd singular	sitiþi	sitjai	sitjaþau
1st dual	sitjōs	sitjaiw	–
2nd dual	sitjaþiz	sitjaiþiz	sitjaþiz
1st plural	sitjamaz	sitjaim	–
2nd plural	sitiþ	sitjaiþ	sitiþ
3rd plural	sitjanþi	sitjain	sitjanþau

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
sitjaną	sitjandz	setanaz

*sittjan (Proto-West Germanic)
- sitten (Old Dutch)
  - sitten (Middle Dutch)
    - zitten (Dutch)
      - sit (Afrikaans)
*sittjan (Proto-West Germanic)
- sittan (Old English)
  - sitten, zitten, zitte (Middle English)
    - sit (English)
    - sit (Scots)
    - zit (Yola)
*sittjan (Proto-West Germanic)
- sitta (Old Frisian)
  - sitte (West Frisian)
*sittjan (Proto-West Germanic)
- sitzen, sizzen, sitten (Old High German)
  - sitzen (Middle High German)
    - ? (Alemannic German)
    - setze (Central Franconian)
    - zètzan (Cimbrian)
    - sitzen (German)
    - sëtzen (Luxembourgish)
    - זיצן (zitsn) (Yiddish)
*sittjan (Proto-West Germanic)
- sittian (Old Saxon)
  - sitten (Middle Low German)
    - sitten (Low German)
sitja (Old Norse)
- sittja, sitta (Elfdalian)
- sita (Faroese)
- sitja (Icelandic)
- siti (Jamtish)
- sidda, sidde, sidja, sikia, sikje, sitja, sitje, sitta, sitte (Norwegian Nynorsk)
sitja (Old Norse)
- sitiæ, sitæ, sittæ (Old Danish)
  - seda (Scanian)
sitja (Old Norse)
- sitiæ, sitæ, sittæ (Old Danish)
  - sidde (Danish)
    - sitte (Norwegian Bokmål)
sitja (Old Norse)
- sitia (Old Gutnish)
  - sitä, site, sitte (Gutnish)
sitja (Old Norse)
- sitia (Old Swedish)
  - sitta (Swedish)
𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (sitan) (Gothic)