besittan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to sit near; sit about, surround, beset
- to sit as the master of, hold, possess
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *bisitjaną (sit near, sit among around, sit among) prefix from Old English sittan (sit).
Origin
Old English
sittan
Gloss
sit
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- besit English
- besitzen German
- *sed- Proto-Indo-European
- *bisitjaną Proto-Germanic
- *sitjaną Proto-Germanic
- asittan Old English
- beseten Old English
- forsittan Old English
- gesittan Old English
- ofersittan Old English
- onsittan Old English
- sittan Old English
- ymbsittan Old English
- besetten Middle English
- besitten Middle English
- sitten Middle English
- bisizzen Old High German
- 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- besitten Old Dutch
- besitten Middle Low German