Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/unþasittjan

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *unþa- (“away”) +‎ *sittjan (“to sit”).

Verb

*unþasittjan

1. to avoid by remaining seated

Inflection

Strong class 5 j-present
Infinitive	*unþasittjan
1st sg. past	*unþasat
3rd pl. past	*unþasātun
Past ptcple	*unþasetan
Infinitive	*unþasittjan
Genitive infin.	*unþasittjannjas
Dative infin.	*unþasittjannjē
Instrum. infin.	*unþasittjannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*unþasittju	*unþasat
2nd singular	*unþasitiʀi	*unþasātī
3rd singular	*unþasitidi	*unþasat
1st plural	*unþasittjum	*unþasātum
2nd plural	*unþasitid	*unþasātud
3rd plural	*unþasittjand	*unþasātun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*unþasittjē	*unþasātī
2nd singular	*unþasittjēs	*unþasātī
3rd singular	*unþasittjē	*unþasātī
1st plural	*unþasittjēm	*unþasātīm
2nd plural	*unþasittjēþ	*unþasātīd
3rd plural	*unþasittjēn	*unþasātīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*unþasiti
Plural	*unþasitid
	Present	Past
Participle	*unþasittjandī	*unþasetan

Descendants

• Old Saxon: *undsittian, *andsittian
  • Middle Low German: entsitten, ensitten, untsitten
• Old Dutch: *antsitten
  • Middle Dutch: *ontsitten
    • Dutch: ontzitten (archaic)
• Old High German: intsizzen
  • Middle High German: entsitzen, insitzen
    • German: entsitzen (archaic)