besit
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To sit around; sit about; besiege.
- (transitive) To sit upon.
- (transitive) To sit properly upon, as clothes; to suit; become.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English besitten inherited from Old English besittan (beset, council, hold, besiege, sit around, surround, sit round, possess, occupy) inherited from Proto-Germanic *bisitjaną (sit near, sit among around, sit among) prefix from English sit.
Origin
English
sit
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- atsit English
- baby-sit English
- birdsit English
- birdysit English
- dogsit English
- granny-sit English
- horsesit English
- house-sit English
- missit English
- outsit English
- oversit English
- pigsit English
- puppysit English
- resit English
- sit English
- sit-ski English
- sitfast English
- sitootery English
- sitout English
- sitski English
- sitsome English
- sitter English
- sittest English
- sitteth English
- sitting English
- situp English
- Besitzer German
- besitzen German
- sitzen German
- bezitster Dutch, Flemish
- bezittelijk Dutch, Flemish
- bezitten Dutch, Flemish
- bezitter Dutch, Flemish
- bezitting Dutch, Flemish
- zitten Dutch, Flemish
- *sed- Proto-Indo-European
- besitte Norwegian Bokmål
- besittelse Norwegian Bokmål
- sitte Norwegian Bokmål
- *bisitjaną Proto-Germanic
- besitta Swedish
- besittning Swedish
- sitta Swedish
- beseten Old English
- besittan Old English
- sittan Old English
- besitten Middle English
- sitten Middle English
- besidde Danish
- sidde Danish
- sidi Esperanto
- besitten Middle Dutch
- bisizzen Old High German
- besitzen Middle High German
- 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- besitten Old Dutch
- besitten Middle Low German
- besitia Old Swedish