sitta
Swedish
/²sɪta/
verb-irr
Definitions
- to sit be in a position with the upper body upright and the legs resting
- to sit be a member of a committee or a deliberative body
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish sitia inherited from Old Norse sitja inherited from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną (sit) derived from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (sit).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sed-
Gloss
sit
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- assiduous English
- atsit English
- baby-sit English
- besit English
- birdsit English
- birdysit English
- coresident English
- dogsit English
- granny-sit English
- horsesit English
- house-sit English
- insidious English
- missit English
- nonresident English
- obsess English
- outsit English
- oversit English
- pigsit English
- puppysit English
- resit English
- sedate English
- sedentary English
- sessile English
- setting English
- sit English
- sit-ski English
- sitfast English
- sitootery English
- sitout English
- sitski English
- sitsome English
- sitter English
- sittest English
- sitteth English
- sitting English
- situp English
- assessus Latin
- dissidēns Latin
- obsidēre Latin
- possessus Latin
- residentia Latin
- resideō Latin
- residēns Latin
- sedes Latin
- sella Latin
- sessiō Latin
- sum Latin
- sēdēs Latin
- Satz German
- Sitzkrieg German
- sitzen German
- assediamento Italian
- assediante Italian
- assediato Italian
- assediatore Italian
- assedio Italian
- sedere Italian
- zetelen Dutch, Flemish
- zetten Dutch, Flemish
- садить Russian
- καθέζομαι Ancient Greek
- καθίζω Ancient Greek
- καθιζάνω Ancient Greek
- προσκαθέζομαι Ancient Greek
- ἕδρα Ancient Greek
- ἱζάνω Ancient Greek
- *gʷṓws Proto-Indo-European
- *nisdós Proto-Indo-European
- *písdeh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *sed- Proto-Indo-European
- *sedstós, *sedtós Proto-Indo-European
- *sod-, *sed- Proto-Indo-European
- *sod-dʰlo- Proto-Indo-European
- *sod-tló- Proto-Indo-European
- *sod-tlō- Proto-Indo-European
- *sodos Proto-Indo-European
- *sodyom Proto-Indo-European
- *sodéyeti Proto-Indo-European
- *stísteh₂ti Proto-Indo-European
- *sédos Proto-Indo-European
- *sédt Proto-Indo-European
- *sédyeti, *séd-ye- Proto-Indo-European
- *sí-sd-e-ti, *sísdeti Proto-Indo-European
- *sísdeti Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European
- sitte Norwegian Bokmål
- *bisatjaną Proto-Germanic
- *bisitjaną Proto-Germanic
- *gasitjaną Proto-Germanic
- *sadulaz Proto-Germanic
- *sadulōną Proto-Germanic
- *satjaną Proto-Germanic
- *setiją Proto-Germanic
- *setlaz Proto-Germanic
- *setulaz Proto-Germanic
- *sitjaną Proto-Germanic
- *sētijaną Proto-Germanic
- *sētiją Proto-Germanic
- *sētō Proto-Germanic
- *sōtą Proto-Germanic
- besitta Swedish
- besittning Swedish
- ansats Norwegian Nynorsk
- avsats Norwegian Nynorsk
- forsats Norwegian Nynorsk
- oppsats Norwegian Nynorsk
- setjar Norwegian Nynorsk
- setjing Norwegian Nynorsk
- sett Norwegian Nynorsk
- settar Norwegian Nynorsk
- setting Norwegian Nynorsk
- sitja Norwegian Nynorsk
- asittan Old English
- besittan Old English
- forsittan Old English
- gesittan Old English
- ofersittan Old English
- onsittan Old English
- sittan Old English
- ymbsittan Old English
- सदन Sanskrit
- besegen Middle English
- sitten Middle English
- dómarasæti Old Norse
- seta Old Norse
- setr Old Norse
- sitja Old Norse
- sáta Old Norse
- sæta Old Norse
- sidde Danish
- *saďa Proto-Slavic
- *sedъlo Proto-Slavic
- *sědlo Proto-Slavic
- *sěděti Proto-Slavic
- *sěsti Proto-Slavic
- sidi Esperanto
- sitja Icelandic
- نشستن Persian
- hedd Welsh
- sedd Welsh
- sizzen Old High German
- segli Latvian
- ատեան Old Armenian
- sita Faroese
- sitja Faroese
- 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌰𐍄𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌰𐍆𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌿𐍃𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- sitten Old Dutch
- *adsodeyeti Proto-Celtic
- *eks-dī-sedo- Proto-Celtic
- *exs-dī-sed Proto-Celtic
- *sedeti Proto-Celtic
- *sistati Proto-Celtic
- *sizdi- Proto-Celtic
- dī-*sedo-, *eks-*dī- Proto-Celtic
- sittian Old Saxon
- besitia Old Swedish
- sitia Old Swedish
- seeitj Westrobothnian
- *sedlā Proto-Italic
- *sedēō Proto-Italic
- *sittjan Frankish
- sėdėti Lithuanian
- sitta Old Frisian
- *sada Proto-Albanian
- seda Scanian
- sitä Gutnish