Proto-Germanic

*sitjaną

‘to sit’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *sitjaną.

8 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, most familiar first.

• sit ← sitten ← sittan ← *sittjan
• sitting ← sittinge ← sittende ← *sitjandz
• sate ← sæt ← sittan ← *sittjan
• sitz ← sitzen ← sitzen ← sizzen ← *sittjan
• overset ← oversetten ← ofersettan ← *ubarsattjan ← *ubarsittjan
• sitten ← siten ← seten ← sittan ← *sittjan
• sitzkrieg ← sitzen ← sitzen ← sizzen ← *sittjan
• sitzmark ← sitzen ← sitzen ← sizzen ← *sittjan

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *sitjaną