Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/umbisittjan

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *umbi- +‎ *sittjan (“to sit”).

Verb

*umbisittjan

to sit around, surround

Inflection

Strong class 5 j-present
Infinitive	*umbisittjan
1st sg. past	*umbisat
3rd pl. past	*umbisātun
Past ptcple	*umbisetan
Infinitive	*umbisittjan
Genitive infin.	*umbisittjannjas
Dative infin.	*umbisittjannjē
Instrum. infin.	*umbisittjannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*umbisittju	*umbisat
2nd singular	*umbisitiʀi	*umbisātī
3rd singular	*umbisitidi	*umbisat
1st plural	*umbisittjum	*umbisātum
2nd plural	*umbisitid	*umbisātud
3rd plural	*umbisittjand	*umbisātun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*umbisittjē	*umbisātī
2nd singular	*umbisittjēs	*umbisātī
3rd singular	*umbisittjē	*umbisātī
1st plural	*umbisittjēm	*umbisātīm
2nd plural	*umbisittjēþ	*umbisātīd
3rd plural	*umbisittjēn	*umbisātīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*umbisiti
Plural	*umbisitid
	Present	Past
Participle	*umbisittjandī	*umbisetan

Descendants

Old English: ymbsittan, embsittan
- Middle English: umbsitten
Old Saxon: *umbisittian
- Middle Low German: ümmesitten
Old Dutch: *umbisitten
- Middle Dutch: ommesitten
  - Dutch: omzitten
Old High German: umbisizzen
- Middle High German: umbesitzen, umbsitzen