to sit down, to sit, to take a seat · to settle, to subside, to be deposited · to be settled, to be suppressed
çekim: geçmiş نشست · ortaç نشسته · şimdiki مینشیند · ulaç نشیننده
köken: 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.
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-.
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-.
to sit (to be positioned on one's buttocks) · to sit (to have one's weight on the buttocks or on one's hind legs) · to sit (to stop flight somewhere)
çekim: geçmiş siedziano · şimdiki siedzi
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *sēdḗˀtei Proto-Slavic *sědě̀ti Old Polish siedzieć Polish siedzieć Inherited from Old Polish siedzieć.
aile: siedzący, siedzenie, siedzisko, diabeł siedzi, siedź, jak ci dobrze, dosiedzieć, dosiadywać, nasiedzieć, odsiedzieć, odsiadywać
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.
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…