Etymology · Proto-Germanic
*sitjaną
4 English words descend from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, most common first.
- sitTo be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.
- sittingA period during which one is seated for a specific purpose.
- oversetTo knock over or overturn (someone or something); to capsize, to upset.
- saeterA Scandinavian mountainside meadow used during the summer for grazing milking cows or goats.