Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/niþersittjan

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 *niþer- (“down, downwards”) +‎ *sittjan (“to sit”).

Verb

*niþersittjan

1. to sit down

Inflection

Strong class 5 j-present
Infinitive	*niþersittjan
1st sg. past	*niþersat
3rd pl. past	*niþersātun
Past ptcple	*niþersetan
Infinitive	*niþersittjan
Genitive infin.	*niþersittjannjas
Dative infin.	*niþersittjannjē
Instrum. infin.	*niþersittjannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*niþersittju	*niþersat
2nd singular	*niþersitiʀi	*niþersātī
3rd singular	*niþersitidi	*niþersat
1st plural	*niþersittjum	*niþersātum
2nd plural	*niþersitid	*niþersātud
3rd plural	*niþersittjand	*niþersātun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*niþersittjē	*niþersātī
2nd singular	*niþersittjēs	*niþersātī
3rd singular	*niþersittjē	*niþersātī
1st plural	*niþersittjēm	*niþersātīm
2nd plural	*niþersittjēþ	*niþersātīd
3rd plural	*niþersittjēn	*niþersātīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*niþersiti
Plural	*niþersitid
	Present	Past
Participle	*niþersittjandī	*niþersetan

Descendants

• Old Saxon: *nitharsittian
  • Middle Low German: nēdersitten, neddersitten
• Old Dutch: *nithersitten
  • Middle Dutch: nedersitten
    • Dutch: nederzitten (archaic), neerzitten
• Old High German: nidarsizzen
  • Middle High German: nidersitzen, nideresitzen
    • German: niedersitzen (archaic)