sit

sit · verb, noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*sed-
2. Proto-Indo-European*sédyeti
3. Proto-Germanic*sitjaną
4. Proto-West Germanic*sittjan
5. Old Englishsittan
6. Middle Englishsitten
7. English todaysit

From Middle English sitten, from Old English sittan, from Proto-West Germanic *sittjan, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“sit”). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian sitte, Low German sitten, Dutch zitten, German sitzen, Swedish sitta, Norwegian Bokmål sitte, Norwegian Nynorsk sitja, Danish sidde, Faroese sita, Icelandic sitja; and with Irish suigh, Latin sedeo, Russian сиде́ть (sidétʹ).

Sit · proper noun²

1. Cantonese · derived from薛
2. English todaySit

From the Chinese surname, from Cantonese 薛 (sit³).

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• 13th–19th c. To keep one's seat when faced with (a blow, attack); to endure, to put up with.