Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sitjaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *sédyeti, from the root *sed- (“to sit”). Formal cognate with Ancient Greek ἕζομαι (hézomai).[1]

    Reconstruction

    There is dialectal variation with and without the *j, the reason for which is disputed. An alternative reconstruction assumes pre-Germanic *sed-éi-ti ~ *sed-i-énti.[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈsit.jɑ.nɑ̃/

    Verb

    *sitjaną[2]

    1. to sit

    Inflection

    Conjugation of (strong class 5 j-present)
    active voice passive voice
    present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
    1st singular *sitjō *sitjaų — *sitjai ?
    2nd singular *sitisi *sitjais *siti *sitjasai *sitjaisau
    3rd singular *sitiþi *sitjai *sitjaþau *sitjaþai *sitjaiþau
    1st dual *sitjōs *sitjaiw — — —
    2nd dual *sitjaþiz *sitjaiþiz *sitjaþiz — —
    1st plural *sitjamaz *sitjaim — *sitjanþai *sitjainþau
    2nd plural *sitiþ *sitjaiþ *sitiþ *sitjanþai *sitjainþau
    3rd plural *sitjanþi *sitjain *sitjanþau *sitjanþai *sitjainþau
    past tense indicative subjunctive
    1st singular *sat *sētį̄
    2nd singular *sast *sētīz
    3rd singular *sat *sētī
    1st dual *sētū *sētīw
    2nd dual *sētudiz *sētīdiz
    1st plural *sētum *sētīm
    2nd plural *sētud *sētīd
    3rd plural *sētun *sētīn
    present past
    participles *sitjandz *setanaz

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*set(j)an-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 434
    2. ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
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