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Sitzes

Sitzes comes from German Sitz ‘seat’, from Old High German sitzen ‘to sit’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sed-‘to sit’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sédyeti‘to be sitting’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sitjaną‘to sit’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*sittjan‘to sit’reconstructed
  5. Old High Germanc. 750–1050sitzen‘to sit’
  6. Old High German, derivedc. 750–1050siz
  7. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350same form
  8. Germanc. 1650–presentSitz‘seat’
  9. EnglishtodaySitzes

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sed-‘to sit’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sédyeti‘to be sitting’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sitjaną‘to sit’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*sittjan‘to sit’reconstructed
  5. Old High Germanc. 750–1050sitzen‘to sit’
  6. Old High German, derivedc. 750–1050siz
  7. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350same form
  8. Germanc. 1650–presentSitz‘seat’
  9. EnglishtodaySitzes

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’

set, president, sell, seat, method, chair, size, settle, session, resident, niche, assess, possess, nest, saddle, exodus, siege, sedan, sediment, subsidy, nye, reside, sedentary, residual, residue, insidious, prasad, cathode, soot, sedative, setter, dissident, anode, beset, sedate, obsess, chaise, seance, salo, séance, 94 more

through Proto-Germanic *sitjaną ‘to sit’

sitting, 5 more

through Proto-West Germanic *sittjan ‘to sit’

sit, sate, 4 more

Today it means

name A surname from German.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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