to sit · to be, to be placed or located · Forms a continuous aspect. Although it carries an implication of sitting, this is vague and is not strictly required or emphasized.
çekim: geçmiş zaten · ortaç gezeten · şimdiki zit · ulaç zittend
köken: From Middle Dutch sitten, from Old Dutch sitten, from Proto-West Germanic *sittjan, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-.
to sit, sit down · to stay, reside · to be occupied with
çekim: geçmiş κάθισα · ortaç καθισμένος · şimdiki κάθεται · ulaç κάθοντας
köken: Inherited from Byzantine Greek κάθομαι (“I stay, reside”) from Ancient Greek κάθημαι (káthēmai, “to sit, to sit down, to be idle”). * The perfective stem καθισ- as in simple past κάθισα (káthisa), from aorist Ancient Greek ἐκάθισᾰ/κάθισᾰ of verb καθίζω (kathízō). * The second perfective stem κατσ- e.g. έκατσα (ékatsa), from εκάθισα (ekáthisa) (with omission of /i/ & [θs] > [ts]) of verb καθίζω…
köken: First attested as Late Old Korean 阿則家囉 in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사), 1103. In the hangul script, first attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 앉다〮 (Yale: ànc-tá). Ablaut form: 얹다 (eonda).
to sit (be in a position with the upper body upright and the legs resting) · to sit (sit down – compare sätta) · to sit (more generally, similar to English)
çekim: geçmiş satt · ortaç sutten · ulaç sittande
köken: From Old Swedish sitia, from Old Norse sitja, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-.
köken: Inherited from Old Czech sěděti, from Proto-Slavic *sěděti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sēdḗˀtei, from *sedéh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-.
to seat · to sit down, settle · to set down, place, put
çekim: geçmiş așezat · ortaç așezat · şimdiki așază
köken: Inherited from Vulgar Latin *assediāre, from Latin sedeō, or possibly from sedium. Compare Aromanian ashedz, ashidzari, French asseoir and Spanish asear.
From Middle Persian nšstn' (nišastan, “sit on”), from Proto-Iranian *ni- (“in”) (from Proto-Indo-European *ni- (“in”)) Middle Persian *šstn' (*šastan-), the latter from Proto-Iranian *had- ~ *híždati (“to sit, be seated”) with expected ruki *h > *š after *ni-, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”). Cognate with Russian сидеть (sidetʹ), Armenian նիստ (nist), English nest.