ofersittan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to sit upon, occupy; sit over, take possession of
- to abstain from; forbear
Etymology
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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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- oversit English
- *keh₂p- Proto-Indo-European
- *upér Proto-Indo-European
- *upéri Proto-Indo-European
- *sitjaną Proto-Germanic
- *uber Proto-Germanic
- *ubiri Proto-Germanic
- asittan Old English
- besittan Old English
- forsittan Old English
- gesittan Old English
- ofer Old English
- ofer- Old English
- ofergyldan Old English
- oferhealdan Old English
- oferhebban Old English
- ofersendan Old English
- ofersettan Old English
- onsittan Old English
- sittan Old English
- ymbsittan Old English
- oversitten Middle English
- sitten Middle English
- of Icelandic
- 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂 Gothic
- *obar gmw-pro
- *ovar Old Dutch
- over Old Dutch
- ovar- Old Saxon
- over Old Frisian