sitting

sitting · noun¹

1. Middle English · inherited fromsittyng
2. English todaysitting

From Middle English sittyng, sittynge, equivalent to sit + -ing. Cognate with Dutch zitting (“a sitting, session”), German Sitzung (“a sitting, session”), Swedish sittning (“a sitting, session”).

sitting · verb, adjective²

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*sitjaną“to sit”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*sitjandz“sitting”
3. Old English · inherited fromsittende“sitting”
4. Middle English · inherited fromsittinge
5. English todaysitting

From Middle English sittinge, sittynge, variant of sittinde, sittende, sittande, from Old English sittende (“sitting”), from Proto-Germanic *sitjandz (“sitting”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *sitjaną (“to sit”), equivalent to sit + -ing. Cognate with West Frisian sittend (“sitting”), Dutch zittend (“sitting”), German sitzend (“sitting”), Swedish sittande (“sitting”), Icelandic sitjandi (“sitting”).

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